The-Eagle-Eye Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 What is the difference between file with the extension .html and .htm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 none! You can name it either and the code will display the same.Why are there 2??? I have no idea...seems stupid and repetitive to me!Here are a buch of fools arguing about it!!!!http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/000481.htmllol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Eagle-Eye Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Thanx and Good Found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 technically, there is a difference - spelling.:)seriously thought, thre used to be a time when it mattered. I'm not 100% on the facts or history behind it, so this recollection could be a little off.First, .htm is a Microsoft thing - it had always been .html. The reason why Microsoft pushed the .htm was becuase the older version of the real//underlying operating system DOS could not (or did not) accommodate any extension longer than 3 characters. This was a time when DOS also would not (or could not) handle file names longer than eight characters - hence the Progr~1 notation for something we now see as Program Files.Other Operating systems like Linux never had to worry about this so many folks still use it - especially when hosting in that environment. The best extension is no extension at all:http://www.alistapart.com/stories/slashforward/There are many more articles on Search Engine Safe (SES) urls. You could google it if you really wanted to digress. On a side note, Cold Fusion is probably one of the most effective and most documented language that accommodates SES urls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Then why not call cold fusion files .cfml (cold fusion markup language)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Yeah I need to look into SES urls. No more nasty urls...sort of like this one http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.ph...;f=4&t=2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Skemcin beat me too it :)There was a time when Microsoft could only handle 3 letter extensionsOh well, too bad I didn't get to this topic sooner. My darn Internet was down for like an hour or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Why would you answering it instead of Skemcin have made any differance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Why would you answering it instead of Skemcin have made any differance?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> It wouldn't, but then I'd have something to do :(I just meant "too bad I got here late, no point in answering the question twice, so I can't answer it, too bad for me" :)I think you were reading my post a little too seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Eagle-Eye Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Thanks to all of you for replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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