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Date:      Sat, 8 Sep 2001 01:13:48 +0100
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.ORG>, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Web site not linking to porters-handbook
Message-ID:  <20010908011348.Q66592@clan.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <200109072130.f87LUtJ02431@intruder.bmah.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:30:55PM -0700
References:  <20010907152605.A43978@eborcom.com> <20010907171519.M66592@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <200109071630.f87GUS483800@intruder.bmah.org> <20010907212013.O66592@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <200109072130.f87LUtJ02431@intruder.bmah.org>

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On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:30:55PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Nik Clayton wrote:
>=20
> > > Is there any preference on how new documents should refer to the FAQ =
and
> > > Handbook?  (RELNOTESng uses full paths everywhere, or at least that w=
as
> > > my intent.)
> >=20
> > Full paths.  Way down my todo list is a sweep through the website to
> > make sure it's consistent about that.
>=20
> OK, sounds good.
>=20
> While we're on the subject of style in URLs, what about:
>=20
> 	http://www.FreeBSD.org/path/to/some/directory/
>=20
> versus:
>=20
> 	http://www.FreeBSD.org/path/to/some/directory/index.html
>=20
> I've seen things both ways in the Web site, with what seems to be a=20
> preference for the latter for internal Web page references and the=20
> former for external references.

=2E../index.html, always, for internal links.

Generally, use whatever URL the remote site used for the content in the
first place.

That way you can test out all the links locally, without needing to run
a webserver to append the 'index.html' for you.

Fixing this is even further down my list of things to do.

N
--=20
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve             http://www.freebsd.org/
FreeBSD Documentation Project           http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/

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