Thread: Fwd: [webmaster] Extra slash in links on archives.postgresql.org
Can someone look at this please? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Noah Misch Date: Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:43 PM Subject: [webmaster] Extra slash in links on archives.postgresql.org To: webmaster@postgresql.org The links on the per-message pages at archives.postgresql.org have an extra slash. Consider `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php'. The link to this page from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/threads.php' is: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php But the link from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00422.php' (previous message in the thread) is: http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php ----------------------------->_<-- extra slash This interferes with Firefox showing links as visited; it treats these as distinct locations. I tend to grab the head of a thread from the threads index, then walk down the thread by "Next by thread" links. I used to use link coloring to identify messages added to a thread since I last read it. When this extra slash appeared (in the last 1-3 months), this strategy no longer worked: Firefox regarded links in the thread index as unrelated to the links in the individual message pages. Please consider changing the tool that generates these pages to render the links consistently across the index and message pages. Thanks, nm (I should probably use the news server instead.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKBc7eVphiekB/u2YRAoLMAJ9yFvr/qA6AQC02Y8VpBrrU9E2rOQCdH4+u hzYt1XrtQIjcrOBWNRt4DTM= =JTY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
Dave Page wrote: > Can someone look at this please? I'll have a look at it. I had noticed it but I didn't think it had any importance. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Noah Misch > Date: Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:43 PM > Subject: [webmaster] Extra slash in links on archives.postgresql.org > To: webmaster@postgresql.org > > > The links on the per-message pages at archives.postgresql.org have an extra > slash. Consider `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php'. The link to this page > from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/threads.php' is: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php > > But the link from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00422.php' (previous message in the > thread) is: > > http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php > ----------------------------->_<-- extra slash > > This interferes with Firefox showing links as visited; it treats these as > distinct locations. I tend to grab the head of a thread from the threads index, > then walk down the thread by "Next by thread" links. I used to use link > coloring to identify messages added to a thread since I last read it. When this > extra slash appeared (in the last 1-3 months), this strategy no longer worked: > Firefox regarded links in the thread index as unrelated to the links in the > individual message pages. > > Please consider changing the tool that generates these pages to render the links > consistently across the index and message pages. > > Thanks, > nm > > (I should probably use the news server instead.) -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
Thanks Alvaro. On Sunday, May 10, 2009, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: > Dave Page wrote: >> Can someone look at this please? > > I'll have a look at it. I had noticed it but I didn't think it had any > importance. > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Noah Misch >> Date: Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:43 PM >> Subject: [webmaster] Extra slash in links on archives.postgresql.org >> To: webmaster@postgresql.org >> >> >> The links on the per-message pages at archives.postgresql.org have an extra >> slash. Consider `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php'. The link to this page >> from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/threads.php' is: >> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php >> >> But the link from `/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00422.php' (previous message in the >> thread) is: >> >> http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00425.php >> ----------------------------->_<-- extra slash >> >> This interferes with Firefox showing links as visited; it treats these as >> distinct locations. I tend to grab the head of a thread from the threads index, >> then walk down the thread by "Next by thread" links. I used to use link >> coloring to identify messages added to a thread since I last read it. When this >> extra slash appeared (in the last 1-3 months), this strategy no longer worked: >> Firefox regarded links in the thread index as unrelated to the links in the >> individual message pages. >> >> Please consider changing the tool that generates these pages to render the links >> consistently across the index and message pages. >> >> Thanks, >> nm >> >> (I should probably use the news server instead.) > > > -- > Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ > PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support > -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
Dave Page wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Noah Misch > Date: Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:43 PM > Subject: [webmaster] Extra slash in links on archives.postgresql.org > To: webmaster@postgresql.org > > > The links on the per-message pages at archives.postgresql.org have an extra > slash. Fixed, thanks for reporting it. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.