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Re: summaries on main page
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 20:52:46 GMT
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 20:48:38 GMT sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk (Jacob Sparre Andersen) wrote
concerning 'Re: summaries on main page':
> Todd:
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> > Hmm. I wonder if a confirm/preview page on the web
> > interface would help this as well as problems of
> > forgetting or forgetting to test links. The preview would
> > show the article in a monospace font (not in the "All"
> > view-mode of the web interface) but with
> > hyperlink-detection activated for testing prior to final
> > posting.
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> If you want to be really nice, you can make the script
> generating the preview page check the URL's, and mark those
> that return an error status in a distinct colour.
that'd be scary - while it's possible to make it safe to do so, I
wouldn't want users to be able to tell my server to get arbitrary bits
of html. There's just a lot of things that can go wrong. :/
Dan
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| Dan: (...) [...] (...) Since the script wouldn't have to grab any HTML at all, I can't see what the problem is. You just do a HEAD request and check if the result is below 400. Checking the URL (URL) can for example be done as follows: Me....: (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Todd: (...) If you want to be really nice, you can make the script generating the preview page check the URL's, and mark those that return an error status in a distinct colour. Play well, Jacob (one of the really lazy guys) ---...--- -- E-mail: (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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