Kinda depends on who the client is. Some of those websites that trade in pictures with plenty of pink in them, might find that a fun little extra. 8-)
>-----Original Message----- >From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:21 AM >To: Struts Users Mailing List; Dakota Jack >Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Hiding .do > > >What about *.spankMe ? (Think I might have lost that client) > > > >-- >James Mitchell >Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist >EdgeTech, Inc. >678.910.8017 >AIM: jmitchtx > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dakota Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:14 AM >Subject: [OT] Re: Hiding .do > > >>I forgot this about Struts 1.2.4, James. Good point. >> >> I think your thing with the marketing people is funny. While I am >> certain it was not so funny for you at that time, I would have liked >> to be a potted plant in the room for that discussion. >> >> You can expect, I think, marketing people to have this problem, since >> programming engineers have the same problem constantly. The >idea of a >> URL as an "address" rather than a code or a protocol to be read is >> constantly causing difficulty. You should have changed the .do to >> .HANKY_PANKY to avoid the seeming connection to extensions for files >> at all. LOL >> >> Jack >> >> >> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:45:20 -0400, James Mitchell ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Yes, as of Struts 1.1, you only had to hard code the '.do' >in a few tags. >>> As of Struts 1.2.4, every struts tag (that needs to) will >let you specify >>> action="/myAction" thereby eliminating any hard coded '.do'. >>> >>> Unless you are doing anything funky, you should be able to >change to any >>> extension....and if you are _not_ using Struts Modules, you >can go back >>> and >>> forth between extension (*.do) and path >(/myapp/foo/myaction) mapping by >>> simply changing the web.xml file. >>> >>> I did this on a previous project, and it didn't go over as >I had hoped >>> during a meeting with a few Marketing people. I spent the >next few weeks >>> explaining that the app was NOT writing in .Net. A few >people were smart >>> enough to notice the '.aspx' in the address bar and relate >it to ASP.NET, >>> but not smart enough to really understand the relationship >between the >>> URL >>> and the technology behind it.....GEEEEEZ!! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James Mitchell >>> Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist >>> EdgeTech, Inc. >>> 678.910.8017 >>> AIM: jmitchtx >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chaikin, Yaakov Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:32 AM >>> Subject: RE: Hiding .do >>> >>> > James, >>> > >>> > Is that really true? >>> > >>> > Are you saying that Struts custom tags automatically pick up their >>> > extension >>> > from the controller servlet mapping in web.xml? >>> > >>> > Hmm... I was under the impression that it was the other >way around. >>> > Struts >>> > tags produced "*.do" and you need to map it in web.xml in >order for the >>> > controller to kick in for handling those requests. >>> > >>> > What about <html:form>? This tag automatically sticks >".do" at the end. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Yaakov. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:14 AM >>> > To: Struts Users Mailing List >>> > Subject: Re: Hiding .do >>> > >>> > If you've coded your app without hard references to >".do", then you >>> > only >>> > need to change the web.xml file and all links/forms will >be changed. >>> > >>> > For some fun, try changing to *.aspx and give a demo to >your boss!! >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > James Mitchell >>> > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist >>> > EdgeTech, Inc. >>> > 678.910.8017 >>> > AIM: jmitchtx >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Chaikin, Yaakov Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > To: "StrutsUser (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:06 AM >>> > Subject: Hiding .do >>> > >>> > >>> >> Hi, >>> >> >>> >> Could someone either explain the steps or point me to a >web page that >>> >> explains how to develop/deploy a Struts based app >without the user >>> >> having >>> >> to >>> >> see the ".do" in the URLs but still take advantage of the Struts >>> >> custom >>> >> tags? >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> Yaakov. >>> >> >>> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." >> >> ~Native Proverb~ >> >> "Each man is good in His sight. 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