What do you call the entire first part of a URL?

It is called the origin. More generally speaking, here are the different parts of a URL, as per Location. (So at least according to how Javascript calls it) protocol://username:password@hostname:port/pathname?search#hash —————————–href—————————— —–host—- ———– origin ————- protocol – protocol scheme of the URL, including the final ‘:’ hostname – domain name port – port number pathname – … Read more

Is there a way to change the browser’s address bar without refreshing the page?

With HTML5 you can modify the url without reloading: If you want to make a new post in the browser’s history (i.e. back button will work) window.history.pushState(‘Object’, ‘Title’, ‘/new-url’); If you just want to change the url without being able to go back window.history.replaceState(‘Object’, ‘Title’, ‘/another-new-url’); The object can be used for ajax navigation: window.history.pushState({ … Read more

IIS7 URL Redirection from root to sub directory [closed]

Here it is. Add this code to your web.config file: <system.webServer> <rewrite> <rules> <rule name=”Root Hit Redirect” stopProcessing=”true”> <match url=”^$” /> <action type=”Redirect” url=”/menu_1/MainScreen.aspx” /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite> </system.webServer> It will do 301 Permanent Redirect (URL will be changed in browser). If you want to have such “redirect” to be invisible (rewrite, internal redirect), then … Read more

OK to skip slash before query string?

As a matter of modern spec, yes, it is permissible to skip the slash, contrary to what the accepted answer here claims. Although the accepted answer correctly quotes RFC 1738 (released over 20 years ago!), it wrongly claims that RFC 2396 (released in 1998) requires the slash, and neglects that both of those specs have … Read more

Get the subdomain from a URL

Anyone have any great ideas besides storing a list of all TLDs? No, because each TLD differs on what counts as a subdomain, second level domain, etc. Keep in mind that there are top level domains, second level domains, and subdomains. Technically speaking, everything except the TLD is a subdomain. In the domain.com.uk example, “domain” … Read more

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