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| author | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-09-10 04:32:55 +0000 |
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| committer | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2007-09-10 04:32:55 +0000 |
| commit | 4a1132c49fad62f3bbe895df112e16c9d0b0a41c (patch) | |
| tree | 72839a01986f23494ca68a53e8682b535b253e9b | |
| parent | ace91c7d0b849c0922e05680eb2c85d11ba2d061 (diff) | |
web commit by http://per.bothner.myopenid.com/: JavaScript tip to enable browsing using file: URLS
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diff --git a/doc/tips/JavaScript_to_add_index.html_to_file:_links.mdwn b/doc/tips/JavaScript_to_add_index.html_to_file:_links.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a11c807e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/JavaScript_to_add_index.html_to_file:_links.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +The source file `foo/bar.mdwn` or `foo/bar.html` generates the +page `foo/bar/index.html`, but the links to the page appear +as "`foo/bar/`". This is fine (and recommended) for pages +served by an http server, but it doesn't work when browsing +the pages directly using `file:` URL. The latter might be +desirable when testing pages before upload, or if you want to +read pages when off-line without access to a web server. + +Here is a JavaScript "`onload`" script which fixes the URLs +if the `local.protocol` isn't `http` or `https`: + + function fixLinks() { + var scheme = location.protocol; + if (scheme=="http:" || scheme=="https:") return; + var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); + for (var i = links.length; --i >= 0; ) { + var link = links[i]; + var href = link.href; + var hlen = href.length; + if (hlen > 0 && link.protocol==scheme && href.charAt(hlen-1) == "/") + links[i].href = href + "index.html"; + } + } + +This can be placed in `page.tmpl`: + + <html> + <head> + <script language="JavaScript"> + function fixLinks() { + ... + } + </script> + </head> + <body onload="javascript:fixLinks();"> + ... + </html> + +This script has not been extensively tested.
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