Election website still locked

Actually that IS a problem sin__x....

It shows a lazy hosting company that couldn't be arsed to setup dns correctly...

if you're hosting a website on a domain, its common practice to set the root to redirect to the www site.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Actually that IS a problem sin__x....

It shows a lazy hosting company that couldn't be arsed to setup dns correctly...

if you're hosting a website on a domain, its common practice to set the root to redirect to the www site.
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Yes sin__x, I know how dns works, and have a couple of my own servers... It is ultimately the hosting company's responsibility to setup root redirection properly, but furthermore the developer shouldn't settle on a hosting company who do not impliment everything properly, so therefore he should share responsibility... and well, about the decision makers of the company...what can I say... :rollseyes:
 
ToxicBunny said:
Actually that IS a problem sin__x....

It shows a lazy hosting company that couldn't be arsed to setup dns correctly...

if you're hosting a website on a domain, its common practice to set the root to redirect to the www site.
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Common practice does not make it the right thing to do.
It is common practice for telkom to overcharge for its products. Must be right.
 
nelwa said:
Yes sin__x, I know how dns works, and have a couple of my own servers... It is ultimately the hosting company's responsibility to setup root redirection properly, but furthermore the developer shouldn't settle on a hosting company who do not impliment everything properly, so therefore he should share responsibility... and well, about the decision makers of the company...what can I say... :rollseyes:
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Please explain to me then when it was decided by the IETF that it is correct, and necessary to to redirect root? In which RFC does it appear?

Your assertion that it is not "21st century" to not have it in place is ridiculous. If it was wrong, then it would be a requirement. Simple.
 
sin_x said:
Please explain to me then when it was decided by the IETF that it is correct, and necessary to to redirect root? In which RFC does it appear?

Your assertion that it is not "21st century" to not have it in place is ridiculous. If it was wrong, then it would be a requirement. Simple.
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The fact remains that it is a best practice to make things as simple as possible for your users. If I type a domain without www. in the address bar, and it doesn't work, I move on...end of story, customer lost... Things don't always need to be defined in RFC's for it to become industry standard...
 
nelwa said:
The fact remains that it is a best practice to make things as simple as possible for your users. If I type a domain without www. in the address bar, and it doesn't work, I move on...end of story, customer lost... Things don't always need to be defined in RFC's for it to become industry standard...
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Ah, but the point is still that it is not wrong/illegal/problematic to not have it in place, as you claimed in your initial post when you suggested that it points to "bloody useless pathetic developers / decision makers / server admins"

Furthermore, your suggestion that typing in only the domain, not getting a site, and moving on is rubbish. Modern browsers will automagically prepend www to the domain name if it cannot resolve it.
 
sin_x said:
Modern browsers will automagically prepend www to the domain name if it cannot resolve it.
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No they don't, why do you think I made the comment in the first place... I tried it with firefox (latest release) and I was greeted with a lovely "the page you are looking for cannot be found" error.
 
sin_x said:
Ah, but the point is still that it is not wrong/illegal/problematic to not have it in place, as you claimed in your initial post when you suggested that it points to "bloody useless pathetic developers / decision makers / server admins"
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It may not be illegal, maybe not even wrong, but it borders on problematic as it makes it harder for users... the golden rule of the web is to make it as easy as possible... without users a site is practically worthless, disappearing into the billions of other useless sites...
 
nelwa said:
It may not be illegal, maybe not even wrong, but it borders on problematic as it makes it harder for users... the golden rule of the web is to make it as easy as possible... without users a site is practically worthless, disappearing into the billions of other useless sites...
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Agreed. ;)
 
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