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Re: DAT Links
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:20:30 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Duane Hess writes:
> > I seem to recall that there was a discussion about this before, but haven't
> > been able to find anything in my minimal search. What is the feeling behind
> > linking to the .DAT content associated with postings in the .DAT group?
> >
> > My thought is to link directly to the .DAT content from my webpage,
> > completely bypassing the article itself and eliminating the need for file
> > storage on my part. Is this an acceptable practice?
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> Sure. It would be extra-nice, of course, if you showed the name of the
> person who authored or posted the DAT file as part of (or next to) the link.
> You might also want to try a dual-link thingie where you give a link to the
> article and a second link directly to the .DAT content (i.e., the ldraw.cgi
> script). You might even also want to give a link to the raw text content via
> the raw.cgi script. For example, here are 3 linkage methods:
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> 1. http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=919
> 2. http://www.lugnet.com/news/ldraw.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat.models:919
> 3. http://www.lugnet.com/news/raw.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat.models:919
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> --Todd
I was going to use option #2. I don't think the author name is that important
for me, since I would only be linking to models that I have authored. Thanks
for the OK though. Now I can finish updating my site.
-Duane
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| (...) Sure. It would be extra-nice, of course, if you showed the name of the person who authored or posted the DAT file as part of (or next to) the link. You might also want to try a dual-link thingie where you give a link to the article and a (...) (27 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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