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In article <6c94decc56.r...@user.minijem.plus.com>, Richard Porter
wrote:
> On 19 Feb 2018 Jim Nagel wrote:
> >
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:18:18PM +, Jim Nagel wrote:
> - The distant server (probably running on Linux) does not care about
> RiscOS filetypes and Netsurf correctly displays pages from there when
> my !2018.css has RiscOS filetype as text
That's because it will be using the file extension
Rob Kendrick wrote on 19 Feb:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 03:46:41PM +, Jim Nagel wrote:
>> - Netsurf displays the pages served up via Webjames perfectly,
>> except that it is NOT obeying the stylesheet (which is /2018.css )
>> even though the Webjames log records a GET success for the CSS f
In article <56ccec687fjoh...@ukgateway.net>, John Williams
wrote:
[Snip]
> PS and yes, it is actually RISC OS, not RiscOS with its pseudo
> camel-case. Editor should have spotted that one!
The confusion of RiscPC and RISC OS is not a new phenomenon
just as WebJames is often called Webjames.
Ho
In article , Jim Nagel
wrote:
[Snipped]
> (Begs the question: why does RiscOS actually bother having a specific
> filetype for a CSS file?
You don't need to give your HTML or CSS files an extension with WebJames.
It seems to use the filetype to create the MIME data.
Conversely, files with n
In article ,
Jim Nagel wrote:
> why does RiscOS actually bother having a specific filetype for a CSS
> file? It's only text. Doubleclicking it only loads it into a text
> editor.
Many files are just plain text, but the filetype is helpful in that an icon
can be assigned, helping to spot the
Michael Drake wrote on 19 Feb:
> On 19/02/18 15:46, Jim Nagel wrote:
>> - NetSurf displays the pages served up via WebJames perfectly,
>> except that it is NOT obeying the stylesheet
> I guess WebJames is not serving the CSS file with the "text/css" MIME
> type. I think there's a mimemap fil
On 19/02/18 15:46, Jim Nagel wrote:
> - NetSurf displays the pages served up via WebJames perfectly,
> except that it is NOT obeying the stylesheet
I guess WebJames is not serving the CSS file with the "text/css"
MIME type.
I think there's a mimemap file that lives somewhere in !Boot, which
ma
Richard Porter wrote on 19 Feb:
> I have the same problem. I'm running WebJames with its root directory
> as the directory containing my web sites. That means that "/" on the
> local site takes me back to the top level and not the root of the site
> I want.
Eureka! I tried setting a system vari
In article <92f5dfcc56@6.abbeypress.net>, Jim Nagel
wrote:
> Richard Porter wrote on 19 Feb:
> > ... I don't think your ISP's software comes into it unless your ISP
> > is also your hosting company.
> Sorry: I used the wrong term. I did mean the hosting company.
No, you didn't. Hosting is
In article <20180219154920.gj3...@platypus.pepperfish.net>, Rob Kendrick
wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 03:46:41PM +, Jim Nagel wrote:
> > - Netsurf displays the pages served up via Webjames perfectly,
> > except that it is NOT obeying the stylesheet (which is /2018.css )
> > even though
In article <9f33c3cc56@6.abbeypress.net>, Jim Nagel
wrote:
[Snip]
>2018.css or ../2018.css or ../../2018.css etc
[Snip]
> Is there a way around this?
[Snip]
I'm going to run away and hide after writing this:
1. Apart from files in the root, link them all with ../ and copy th
Richard Porter wrote on 19 Feb:
> ... I don't think your ISP's software comes into it unless your ISP is
> also your hosting company.
Sorry: I used the wrong term. I did mean the hosting company.
--
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 03:46:41PM +, Jim Nagel wrote:
> - Netsurf displays the pages served up via Webjames perfectly,
> except that it is NOT obeying the stylesheet (which is /2018.css )
> even though the Webjames log records a GET success for the CSS file
> just as it did for the logo
Michael Drake wrote on 19 Feb:
> Use a webserver to serve the root directory of the web
> site you're developing, and point your browser at
> http://localhost/I believe WebJames can do this on RISC OS.
Thanks. I've now got Webjames successfully serving local pages, and
obeying those "absolu
On 19 Feb 2018 Jim Nagel wrote:
> Is there a way around this? Is there some setting I would need to
> make in Netsurf to define what I mean by "/" as root? (Presumably
> there is such a setting in my ISP's software, for I am not being taken
> to the root of their drive!)
I have the same proble
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:35:22 +, Jim Nagel wrote:
> Is there a way around this? Is there some setting I would need to
> make in Netsurf to define what I mean by "/" as root? (Presumably
> there is such a setting in my ISP's software, for I am not being taken
> to the root of their drive
On 19/02/18 10:35, Jim Nagel wrote:
[snip]
Is there a way around this?
Use a webserver to serve the root directory of the web
site you're developing, and point your browser at
http://localhost/
I believe WebJames can do this on RISC OS.
Cheers,
--
Michael Drake
I have tidied up one of my websites to make better use of CSS, and now
intend to add some new pages to it. Of course I want to keep it
Netsurf-friendly.
The section of each article includes the usual link to my
stylesheet, which (in Linux filepath syntax) might be
2018.css or
../2018
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