This one is simple. When a browser sees a relative URL (which is what you have in your href field in the dtml source, since it doesn't start with a '/' character), it has to construct a link based on the current URL. The first example, since the current URL does not end in a slash, is assumed to be the content of a FILE called 'test', in a directory called '/'. When it constructs the relatvie url, it appends the new filename to the end of the current DIRECTORY, removing the 'test' element. The second example has a slash at the end, so the current file is considered to be the default content in the directory called '/test/'. The relative url is then constructed within the '/test/' directory, so the new filename is appended to '/test/'. That is why you are getting two separate URLs. Use an absolute url in your link. On most webservers, this wouldn't work, since a single address can not usually be addressed as both a file and a directory. In your first example with apache, apache would redirect the browser to the correct form, with the final slash, if it was a directory. If it was a file, the second example would result in an error. With Zope, acquisition makes it possible for the thing to work either way, although not with correct results. --sam Phil Harris wrote:
Sorry for the obtuse subject but, let's see if I can explain, and let's see if other people are seeing this:
I've got this DTML page:
<html><body> <h2><dtml-var title_or_id></h2> <a href="index_html">click here to refresh</a> </body> </html>
OK looks fine, but the interesting bit is the anchor at the bottom.
Depending on the URL typed into the browser address bar I get different results (but I think they should be the same results).
If I put http://localhost:12380/test I get this result:
<html><body> <h2>index_html</h2> <a href="index_html">click here to refresh</a> </body> </html>
Notice the address in the anchor it looks ok, but
If I put http://localhost:12380/test/ into the address bar I get:
<html><body> <h2>index_html</h2> <a href="index_html">click here to refresh</a> </body> </html>
Which I have to admit looks identical, *BUT* the anchor takes you to different addresses.
The first one takes you to the index_html in the root, the second one takes you to the index_html in the test folder as it should.
If anyone can understand what I'm going on about and if then any of you have any ideas, *please* let me know.
I'm not sure if this is a Zope problem (I don't really see how it could be since the address is the same), or if it's a browser problem. However I'm dead confused here.
I can't publish the real address for you top verify this, your going to have to believe me or test it yourself.
tia
Phil phil.harris@zweb.co.uk
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