Posted by Ed Mullen on 09/02/06 03:14

dorayme wrote:
> In article <ErSdnRjv69NEeWXZnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
>
>> OK, but it is right that I would then lose the advantage of the
>>> domain url staying as is in the browser url text field, yes?
>> Yeah. With domain Frame Redirect you don't get any final destination
>> info so the user can't bookmark a page: all that appears and is saved
>> is "mydomain.com" or some such, no matter what page the user lands on.
>> With URL Redirects (like I use) the user "sees" the actual page on the
>> real site and can bookmark it etc. The only strange thing about this is
>> that when a user clicks on a link in (for instance) an email I send that
>> says:
>>
>> http://edmullen.net/mozilla/moz.html
>>
>> The actually land on:
>>
>> http://ed.mullen.home.comcast.net/Mozilla/moz.html
>>
>> A possible source of some confusion if people are paying attention to
>> their location bars. On the other hand, if you opt for URL Frame
>> Redirect, when they click on a link like:
>>
>> http://edmullen.net/mozilla/moz.html
>>
>> their location bar might simply say:
>>
>> http://mozilla.edmullen.net
>>
>> no matter what page they landed on. And their browser would not
>> correctly bookmark the page.
>>
>> Hey, (huge sigh), life is not perfect.
>
> Mate, I think the 40 buckeroos I shell out is worth it!
>

I did for a while too. and then I had to consider what I was already
paying for and it had enough space. but, yes, lots of plans out there to
consider, not one answer is right for everyone. And the "built-in"
space rarely has any server-side functions so many of the solutions
touted here simply are not options for many folk.

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Ed Mullen
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