htm or html

[RBB]

hello,
some aplications give me the option to save
in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

 

[Tina - AxisHOST, Inc.]

hello,
some aplications give me the option to save
in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

There really is no difference. Some web servers require that your main
webpage is named index.html - some will display index.htm as long as there
is no index.html page too.

--Tina

 

[Lauri Raittila]

some aplications give me the option to save in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

htm is relic from age of DOSses that couldn't handle html (which of
course has nothing to do with your website working on those systems, only
relevant when saving in those systems). There is no difference. Use html
unless you have some reason, as it is more common.

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

hello,
some aplications give me the option to save
in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

Just an 'L'.

 

[Cynthia Turcotte]

RBB --

There is no fundamental difference between the .htm and .html
extensions. Both
are rendered fine by all browsers. Make sure your web host can support
your site's
default home page being index.htm if you choose to go the .htm route,
since many
of them are pre-configured to expect index.HTML as the default home page.

Hope this helps!

Cynthia

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Just an 'L'.

It could be an "l" too, couldn't it?

(Runs for cover.)

 

[Tina - AxisHOST, Inc.]

It could be an "l" too, couldn't it?

Actually, since most servers are case-sensitive...it should be one or the
other. ;-)

--Tina

 

[Travis Newbury]

hello,
some aplications give me the option to save
in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

htm is a hold over from the days of Microsoft's OS's inability to use
long filenames and extensions.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Actually, since most servers are case-sensitive...it should be one
or the other. ;-)

More or less so. We have now an interesting quiz: is the difference
between "htm" and "html" the letter "l" or the letter "L"?

P.S. Your From field looks forged. Please do not fix it unless you have
a clue.

 

[Tina - AxisHOST, Inc.]

More or less so. We have now an interesting quiz: is the difference
between "htm" and "html" the letter "l" or the letter "L"?

P.S. Your From field looks forged. Please do not fix it unless you have
a clue.

Holy cow. I was messing about setting my usenet stuff up on my new laptop
and wasn't sure which email address I was going to use. It wouldn't go any
further until I entered 'something'. I never intended to post with that
email address. Check my usual posts...I always use my email address!!!
Really!!!

--Tina

 

[Richard Brooks]

hello,
some aplications give me the option to save
in htm or html,
i dont know the diference, can somebody tell me?

The "htm" is just a restriction from the old days of DOS when the file
naming format was in [8 characters filename]['.' delimiter][3 character
extension] such as "hello.doc"

Just use the full "html" extension although you can save both the ".htm" and
".html" extension files on your server. The problem lies when you save both
index.htm and index.html on your website. I'd hazard a guess that the .htm
one would be ignored and just waste space nowadays.


Richard.



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[Richard Brooks]

More or less so. We have now an interesting quiz: is the difference
between "htm" and "html" the letter "l" or the letter "L"?

To us humans "not really" but to a damned box of electronics the amount of
different in decimal is '32' - ASCII value 108 for 'l' and ASCII value 76
for 'L'.



Richard.

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[Blinky the Shark]

in alt.html, RBB wrote:

htm is relic from age of DOSses that couldn't handle html (which of

Is that really plural, or was it only an MS handicap?

 

[Lauri Raittila]

Is that really plural,

Yes, MS made many DOS versions that couldn't handle them. Then they made
some that can handle them

or was it only an MS handicap?

Don't know.

 

[Andy Dingley]

Is that really plural, or was it only an MS handicap?

8.3 naming pre-dates DOS, and pre-dates M$oft.