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Re: Full vs partial URL in webpages, is there a rule for this?

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Nov 7, 2011 4:27PM

Birkir,
not getting any information is an accessibility problem...for everyone
(grin)
if relative URLs don't work you need to fix it in your server
configuration. Especially, if the URL is a directory. Most webservers have
a default page (index.html, default.html) that will be loaded if no page is
given. If this page is not in the directory, you should receive a 404 page
not found error. It could also be setup to all directory browsing.
you may be getting nothing because it is a site that requires a login.
Though on sites I have been on like that, the server throws you to the
login page.
Sounds like you need to talk to the web admins.
Jim

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have always used relative hrefs in my coding, rather than absolute.
>
> >