On 05/03/09 17:25, Daniel wrote: > Mark Hansen wrote: >> On 05/02/09 17:07, Daniel wrote: >>> DoctorBill wrote: >>>> What is the difference between whatever.com vs whatever.com/ when you >>>> type them into the Location bar? >>>> >>>> Is one faster than the other or difference in where it goes...? >>>> >>>> Just curious. >>>> >>>> DoctorBill >>> DoctorBill, part of your answer may be that when you put whatever.com >>> into your location bar, SeaMonkey actually goes looking for a file >>> called index.html (which is the file, as I understand it, that sets out >>> the layout of the page) at whatever.com, whereas if you entered >>> whatever.com/, it would go looking for an index.html at a sub-level of >>> the main site. >> >> Are you sure about that? I think you'll find that SeaMonkey requests just >> what was asked for, and the *server* decides what to send by default. >> >> It's actually up to the server to decide the difference. >> > > No, I am not sure, it's just that when I set up my website, that's the > file my ISP told me to set up. > > I suppose others might do it differently. > > Daniel
They told you to use that file name because it is the file the *server* is going to send by default. It has nothing to do with SeaMonkey. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
