HTML Question
Cestone, Tom MR (cestonet@hq.5sigcmd.army.mil)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:29:06 -0500 (EST)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:29:06 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <128C6B3B3392D01192700800096B456B01652521@5sigexch.hq.5sigcmd.army.mil>
From: "Cestone, Tom MR" <cestonet@hq.5sigcmd.army.mil>
To: "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
Cc: "Cestone, Tom MR" <cestonet@hq.5sigcmd.army.mil>
Subject: HTML Question
I tried to open your FAQ but it came back with "Server not available"
message.
I'm new to HTML coding and have spent too much time already looking for
a description/explanation. Could you please provide an answer and/or a
web page address
that will answer my question:
In a URL you can have a path that looks like these examples:
http://www.best.server.com/sales/default.htm
http://www.best.server.com/jonesj/jones.htm
But you could also have URLs that look like this:
http://www.best.server.coml/~sales/default.htm
http://www.best.server.com/~jonesj/
Need an explanation and the meanings of the coding options of the
"~" commonly called a "tilde" in the path of the second set of URLs
listed above.
I have heard the "~" is more "dynamic" than a regular path and that is
about it. Could you explain it and tell me the pros and cons of the
subject ? Can it be coded by the HTML author or is this something that
has to be done at the WEB Server administrator level ? What HTML level
incorporated this feature ? What resources explain more about it ?
Thanks,
Tom