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Problems with extensionless imagery
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| Jason Coudriet 2004-02-09, 8:36 am |
| Hello,
We recently moved a website to a Windows2003 Server. The
client uses a Mac to create content for their site.
Unfortunately, they insert imagery without a file
extension. Since the move, all files without an extension
appear broken. When they were on Windows2000 Server they
worked perfectly. Is there a setting or extension that
needs to be applied to our server? ANY help would be
greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Jason
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| Ken Schaefer 2004-02-09, 2:35 pm |
| http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326965
Follow the steps to add a wildcard mapping
Cheers
Ken
"Jason Coudriet" <jcoudriet@schoolwires.com> wrote in message
news:ccb901c3ef56$d15f1040$a101280a@phx.gbl...
: Hello,
:
: We recently moved a website to a Windows2003 Server. The
: client uses a Mac to create content for their site.
: Unfortunately, they insert imagery without a file
: extension. Since the move, all files without an extension
: appear broken. When they were on Windows2000 Server they
: worked perfectly. Is there a setting or extension that
: needs to be applied to our server? ANY help would be
: greatly appreciated!!
:
: Thanks,
: Jason
:
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| Jason Coudriet 2004-02-09, 4:34 pm |
| Excellent!
The imagery works like a charm!
THANKS!
Jason
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| [Tony Devere] 2004-02-10, 7:36 am |
| Remember, we left the wild card mapping off for a reason, it's not as
secure.
You should fix the problem from the client end and start naming the
extensions...
Thank you,
Tony DeVere [MSFT]
Microsoft IIS
Newsgroup Support
tdevere@online.microsoft.com
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account name for newsgroup participation only."
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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| Ken Schaefer 2004-02-10, 12:34 pm |
| Older Macs (pre OSX) do not have extensions. They have resource forks.
Cheers
Ken
"[Tony Devere]" <tdevere@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:b9C0uXB8DHA.2508@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl...
: Remember, we left the wild card mapping off for a reason, it's not as
: secure.
: You should fix the problem from the client end and start naming the
: extensions...
:
: Thank you,
:
: Tony DeVere [MSFT]
: Microsoft IIS
: Newsgroup Support
: tdevere@online.microsoft.com
:
: "Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is our online
: account name for newsgroup participation only."
:
: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
: You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
: reserved.
:
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| Jerry III 2004-02-10, 3:34 pm |
| Well, an extension is just anything that's past a dot in the file name. I am
sure even older Macs can handle dots in filenames.
On the other hand - I believe that you should not use extensions in URLs at
all. Unfortunately Microsoft does not make it easy, you pretty much have to
write your own content negotiation and URL rewriting ISAPI filters (or
extensions for IIS 6).
Jerry
"Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE@THISadOpenStatic.com> wrote in message
news:#yq4QPE8DHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Older Macs (pre OSX) do not have extensions. They have resource forks.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> "[Tony Devere]" <tdevere@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:b9C0uXB8DHA.2508@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl...
> : Remember, we left the wild card mapping off for a reason, it's not as
> : secure.
> : You should fix the problem from the client end and start naming the
> : extensions...
> :
> : Thank you,
> :
> : Tony DeVere [MSFT]
> : Microsoft IIS
> : Newsgroup Support
> : tdevere@online.microsoft.com
> :
> : "Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is our online
> : account name for newsgroup participation only."
> :
> : This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> : You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All
rights
> : reserved.
> :
>
>
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| Ken Schaefer 2004-02-11, 1:35 pm |
| : On the other hand - I believe that you should not use extensions
: in URLs at all.
Why? Nobody else agrees with you on that score...
Cheers
Ken
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"Jerry III" <jerryiii@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: Well, an extension is just anything that's past a dot in the file name. I
am
: sure even older Macs can handle dots in filenames.
:
: On the other hand - I believe that you should not use extensions in URLs
at
: all. Unfortunately Microsoft does not make it easy, you pretty much have
to
: write your own content negotiation and URL rewriting ISAPI filters (or
: extensions for IIS 6).
:
: Jerry
:
: "Ken Schaefer" <kenREMOVE@THISadOpenStatic.com> wrote in message
: news:#yq4QPE8DHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
: > Older Macs (pre OSX) do not have extensions. They have resource forks.
: >
: > Cheers
: > Ken
: >
: > "[Tony Devere]" <tdevere@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:b9C0uXB8DHA.2508@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl...
: > : Remember, we left the wild card mapping off for a reason, it's not as
: > : secure.
: > : You should fix the problem from the client end and start naming the
: > : extensions...
: > :
: > : Thank you,
: > :
: > : Tony DeVere [MSFT]
: > : Microsoft IIS
: > : Newsgroup Support
: > : tdevere@online.microsoft.com
: > :
: > : "Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is our online
: > : account name for newsgroup participation only."
: > :
: > : This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
: > rights.
: > : You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All
: rights
: > : reserved.
: > :
: >
: >
:
:
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| [Tony Devere] 2004-02-12, 8:37 am |
| Ouch! I didn't know that about Mac's... thanks for the information...
Also, I am interested to know why we shouldn't use extensions too. Please
inform us why this is a bad practice...
Thank you,
Tony DeVere [MSFT]
Microsoft IIS
Newsgroup Support
tdevere@online.microsoft.com
"Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is our online
account name for newsgroup participation only."
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved.
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| Ken Schaefer 2004-02-12, 1:35 pm |
| Hi Tony
On OSX machines, a file extension is now used (ala Windows, NextStep etc)
On pre-OSX machines (Mac OS Classic), each file had two parts, a data fork
(which contained the data) and a resource fork (which contained meta
information about the file, for example, which application(s) should/can be
used to open it). It was an elegant system that worked well when it worked,
and wasn't so good when things when bad. Also it created issues when
downloading files - you had to "zip" the file up using something like
StuffIt Expander (to keep the two parts together), then unstuff them at the
other end.
Cheers
Ken
"[Tony Devere]" <tdevere@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0uDWa8a8DHA.2852@cpmsftngxa07.phx.gbl...
: Ouch! I didn't know that about Mac's... thanks for the information...
:
: Also, I am interested to know why we shouldn't use extensions too. Please
: inform us why this is a bad practice...
:
: Thank you,
:
: Tony DeVere [MSFT]
: Microsoft IIS
: Newsgroup Support
: tdevere@online.microsoft.com
:
: "Please do not send email directly to this alias. This is our online
: account name for newsgroup participation only."
:
: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
: You assume all risk for your use. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
: reserved.
:
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| [Tony Devere] 2004-02-29, 6:34 pm |
| Ken,
Thanks for the info!
Tony
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