- From: Matthew Smith <matt@kbc.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 19:51:30 +0930
- To: Lauke PH <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- CC: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi All >>I am finding web pages that end in .wu anyone know what software >>produces this? >> > In theory, the extension for webpages can be arbitrary, as long as > your server is configured to send out the correct MIME type for a > certain file. I keep threatening to change some pages at work > to .chicken just to prove the point... What Patrick says is very true; I produce most of my pages through Perl programmes and have (in the past) used any number of "non-standard" suffixes; for instance, if we had the domain foobar.com, I would have the starting page as foobar.com which would have a URI of http://foobar.com/foobar.com - sad really ;-) With the Apache Web server, provided that you define .com (or .wu) as being a Perl (or whatever) file: AddHandler cgi-script .com [or .wu] ...and you set the DirectoryIndex to be foobar.com, this is what will be picked up by default. When it comes to CGI programmes (not in the DocumentRoot directory), you can have whatever extension you like since they are completely ignored - at least in a Unix-ish environment. [It's up to the programme to send the correct MIME type rather than trying to work it out from the file extension.] You could even have a Perl programme tagged as .php, .cf or .asp... Conclusion: You can't be 100% sure about what is producing a Web page from the file extension. If you're concerned with accessibility, you should be looking at the CONTENT rather than the means by which it is produced. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Kadina Business Consultancy South Australia http://www.kbc.net.au
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