[WSG] Help on file extensions used
Dear friends, Can any one help me with the extension used these days in some we pages. For example .gne (flickr.com) .pyra .do (blogger.com). How can these extensions be created what are its advantages? regards = Prashanth Nair dotcompals Tattamangalam.P.O Palakkad Dt. Kerala (State) India-678102 http://www.TattaMangalam.Com Call: +91 94474 22736 ; +91 4923 227395 Useful Links www.KeralaClick.com Photographs of Kerala Get Firefox! Safer/Faster/Better::: the Browser You can Trust __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] Help on file extensions used
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:06:15 -0800 (PST), dotcompals [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, Can any one help me with the extension used these days in some we pages. For example .gne (flickr.com) .pyra .do (blogger.com). How can these extensions be created what are its advantages? Usually done with Apache's .htaccess funkiness. The advantages are pretty unknown to me though. None web standards related AFAIK though. -- Cheers, Rob. http://zooibaai.nl | http://digital-proof.org ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Help on file extensions used
dotcompals wrote: Dear friends, Can any one help me with the extension used these days in some we pages. For example .gne (flickr.com) .pyra .do (blogger.com). How can these extensions be created what are its advantages? regards Its a server side thing. There are no advantages for the client or browser, all that matters is that the appropriate MIME/ContentType is sent. Of course, if you want custom extensions, just use Apache's mod_rewrite or IIS' ISAPI_Rewrite(). -- -David R ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Help on file extensions used
Hi, I think the only advantages of these extensions are dis-advantages. The must-read on this topic is from Tim Berners-Lee Cool URIs don't change: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html If you must use any extension at all - please consider something that anyone finds meaningful. The strange extensions may give maybe some security through obscurity, but in longer term you will curse them. Rene Saarsoo ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **