Web Services

Coding Pages

This page will have tips and best practices for coding web pages.

Linking To A Folder.

Use Slashes After A Folder Name if not pointig to a page. i.e. http://www.iun.edu/~webnw/webediting/

It is good practice to end urls (referencing only a folder) with "/" because requests without the ending "/" are immediatedly redirected back to the server with the "/" appended.

%5F in the URL Directory Name and IIS 6

Here is a IIS 6 behavior you may want to know about. If a directory name includes a "_" and the url does not end with a "/" , then the character code %5F is substituted into the url on redirect. ie: http://webdb.iu.edu/iun/cal%5Ftest/ instead of http://webdb.iu.edu/iun/cal_test/

To correct this, include a "/" at the end of the url.

It is good practice to end urls (referencing only a folder) with "/" because requests without the ending "/" are immediatedly redirected back to the server with the "/" appended.

Listing Information

Your probably aware that you can use html coding to make bullets and to number items, but if you want, you can also use the Alphabet for listing:

First make an ordered list (using 1,2,3...). Then go to code and change the <ol> tag to read: <ol type="A"> (Capital A) . Under Bananas, again, go to code and change the <ol> tag to read: <ol type="a"> (lower case a) . Have fun!