In article <1995Apr22.013513.44329@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Norman G. Sippel) wrote:
>
> BTW, I did fix my href's to "WWW" instead of "MIAVX1".  After reading the
later
> posts in this newsgroup, I found the initial VMS index.html had "miavx1"
> as the prefix of the Web server.  Sorry about that, chief! :)
 
 
I actually recommend that URLs for Home Pages on MiaVX1 use
                     http://MiaVX1.MUOhio.Edu/~username/
                            ^^^^^^
rather than
                      http://WWW.MUOhio.Edu/~username/
                             ^^^
since WWW.MUOhio.Edu is an alias rather than the actual machine name.
 
 
While it is currently envisioned that MiaVX1 will continue to serve as Miami's
primary WWW server platform for the foreseeable future, that *could* change at
some point, in which case WWW.MUOhio.Edu would alias some machine *other* than
MiaVX1, and existing URLs that point to WWW but are actually on MiaVX1 would
break, whereas URLs pointing to MiaVX1 would remain valid.
 
 
I have consciously and carefully only used
                          http://WWW.MUOhio.Edu/...
URLs for accounts and items I know would relocate from MiaVX1 to another
platform along with the WWW alias, *if* that were ever to happen.
 
 
Please note that the online documentation for using the WWWSetUp command on
MiaVX1 (located at URL:  http://WWW.MUOhio.Edu/~CWIS/WWWSetUp_Info.html )
specifically states that the URL to use is http://MiaVX1.MUOhio.Edu/...
                                                  ^^^^^^
This is also stated in the default INDEX.HTML file created when you run
WWWSetUp in your MiaVX1 account.
 
 
While it is unlikely that WWW.MUOhio.Edu and MiaVX1.MUOhio.Edu will be
different machines anytime soon, it seems wise to play it safe and point
at the actual machine (MiaVX1) that won't change rather than the alias
(WWW) which might.
 
 
John
 
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                                John B Harlan
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                         Miami University (Ohio USA)
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