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Uniform Resource Locators are a generic scheme for specifying the location of resources. They are most commonly used for identifying locations on the Internet (such as webpages and email addresses) but can be used to reference almost anything.

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Add trailing slash when it's missing in nginx

I'm running Magento on Nginx using this config: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/configuring_nginx_for_magento. Now I want to 301 all URLs without trailing slash to their counterpart that includes a trailing…
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Why can't some websites be shown without the "www" in the URL?

I used to type the website URL without the "www" and it works fine with almost all sites that I have tried, so far. But I realize that my university's website never show up if you don't type the "www" before. Typing this http://u-psud.fr/ shows a…
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What URL should the browser display with this DNS configuration?

If I have the following records in the DNS: hostname Record Type address benmccormack.com A 216.10.244.61 www.benmccormack.com CNAME benmccormack.com What should the user expect to see…
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HTTP URL Redirection Command Line Trace

I have to produce definitive evidence that can be documented on a piece of paper, proving that one URL redirects to another. When you browse to the URL in question, the web server responds with an HTTP redirect, which changes the URL in the address…
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What determines whether the FQDN is interpreted as IPv6 or IPv4?

When I type a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) in my URL bar, the browser connects to some mapping table (where is this table stored? with the service provider?) that determines where the file requested is hosted. So, it depends on the service…
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Standard for singular vs plural type names in urls

I work on a web site where we are having a major re architecture. There is a point which may be a little persnickety but I can't see a standard one way or another. When you are using real words in a URL with a / as a separator should you use a…
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How do you configure IIS 7 to use a subdirectory as the default document?

So I have a website running on a discount asp.net account, and I put an asp.net mvc app in a subdirectory. If my url is 'www.website.com' and my app is in directory 'sample', then 'www.website.com/sample' will execute the mvc app. My problem is that…
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Enterprise internal URL conventions

developer here... I'd like your IT perspective on this one... I'm building a new internal web app for my company, and starting to think about how it will be deployed. Many of the existing web apps here are linked-to using their server names…
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Apache: redirect specific URL to a local server on different port

This seems straightforward, but I can't make it work. I have a pretty trivial webserver that only needs to do two things: example.com/status.html returns a local file (this works) example.com/atom redirects the contents of the firewalled server…
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Using curl to make a HEAD request with a hard timeout

I'd like to use curl to send a HTTP HEAD request to a URL to verify that it is working correctly (server is up and sends a successful response). At the end, I need the final HTTP response code returned and URL (after following any redirects).…
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How to make a URL point to a Tomcat instance?

Sorry if this question makes no sense (no expert here), but I understand that tomcat listens to port 8080 and that url are usually addressed to 80. Is there a way to tell DNS that urls should point to 8080? Or how should I solve this issue?
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nginx url rewriting. i just don't get it

Ok, an example url is http://www.mysite.com/?p=account&view=settings the p uri is a constant. all urls have it. the view is one of many optional uri. i've tried to understand url rewriting and regex, but i'm just not getting it. I need to be back…
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404 Error on a file that exists?

A script makes a GET request to my URL like so: http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/uu_ini_status_audios.pl?tmp_sid=b742be1d131c4d32237a9f1fcdca659e&rnd_id=0.2363453360320319 However, I get a 404 returned straight away: The requested URL…
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Will my URL stay secret if I never link to it?

I have a URL that I would like to share with my friend who needs the information on it, but I do not want the public to see it. The URL refers to an index.html, which is in my public_html and readable for everyone,…
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ISA wrong translation of the schema URL included in WSDL

I have a WSDL behind ISA server. The WSDL includes a schema However, when accessed through ISA, some implicit mapping changes the server name to the name of the application "TEST" as shown in the…
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