Html snippet code and absolute url

kocoman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:22 am **Posts:** 4

Wow. New forums.

I am trying to use some Html snippet code (with the word "test" in it) on my web page (locally) and then testing them on a web proxy (http://www.hide my ass .com) that connects back to my local server. But instead I am getting 404 file not found errors in places where my html code should be.
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Not Found

The requested URL //Welcome_files/widget1_markup.html was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache/1.3.37 Server at http://www.w2.hidemyass.com Port 80
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I looked at the html code and found this

var widget1_htmlMarkupURL = ".//Welcome_files/widget1_markup.html";

Is there any way to make it into an absolute url or have some way for me to set a base url via the Web server or in iWeb? (ie: replaced the ".//" into an absolute URL?)

Thanks

iWebFAQ · **Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:02 pm

kocoman wrote:

I looked at the html code and found this

var widget1_htmlMarkupURL = ".//Welcome_files/widget1_markup.html";

Is there any way to make it into an absolute url or have some way for me to set a base url via the Web server or in iWeb? (ie: replaced the ".//" into an absolute URL?)

It's not possible in iWeb. You would need to open the Welcome.html file in TextWrangler or TextEdit and change all the

.//Welcome_files/widget1_markup.html

you find into

http://yourdomain.com/sitename/Welcome_ ... urkup.html

I would never ever do that but of course if you enjoy doing it: why not? Maybe you can use MassReplaceIt (read the Alternative HTML FAQ) Search: .// Replace: http://yourdomain.com/sitename/ but I don't know if it works.

However there should not be any problems with the relative path url when uploading toa server.

Regards,
Cédric

kocoman · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:22 am **Posts:** 4

thanks for your reply

because my website is behind an isp that blocks port incoming 80. i wanted to try an web proxy to look back at my own website to make sure it works first before continuing.

I think Privoxy can fix the issue, will post back on this if I make some progress.

iWebFAQ · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:29 pm

I don't know why you need a proxy to preview the website. I'm not so savvy about those things but it doesn't really matter.

To preview a website (or a single page of a website) and simulate how it will look on a server you only need to Publish to a folder and open the site in local from the folder (by opening the index.html page or a particular page) which (as far as I know) equals exactly how it will work on a server.