Re: getting a 404 Re: link suggestion

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Brant Langer Gurganus wrote:

  I was wondering if this is a possibility in editing mode since I often
  create a link without an actual file to which it links.  As far as I know,
  no file system serves a web page.  It could still show the 404 message in
  online/browser mode.  Thanks for replying.

Yes, this is true that there is nothing when working on a file: URI. I think
in the specific case iof not being able to load a file that it would make
sense to either provide, or have an option to provide, a page that says so
and can be editied, the same way as a 404 page can be edited.

Cheers

Charles

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
  To: "Brant Langer Gurganus" <brantgurganus2001@yahoo.com>
  Cc: "Amaya Forum" <www-amaya@w3.org>
  Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 9:59 PM
  Subject: getting a 404 Re: link suggestion


  > A 404 Page not found response is a real page (it is only IE that provides
  its
  > own page for this, removing the possibility for Web servers to provide
  some
  > site-specific useful information). So you can edit this page and save it.
  > Alternatively, you can already fix the link - there is no need to have an
  > extra dialogue getting in the way before you do that.
  >
  > So I would prefer that this is not changed.
  >
  > Cheers
  >
  > Charles McCN
  >
  > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Brant Langer Gurganus wrote:
  >
  >   When a broken link is right-clicked or double-clicked, could Amaya ask
  >   whether you wish to create the document, change the link to the
  appropriate
  >   document, or do nothing.
  >
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