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[demolution]

Hello all

I'm new here and don't know If this is the right place to ask, but here is my question:

When you click on a website, It'll just lead to the index.* (* is whatever) and doesn't display the filename on the address bar.

And If you click on another link like 'contact us' it won't show the filename on the address bar still.

What I want to know is, how do you do this? I've been looking around on the internet (especially google.com ) and there's not one answer to this.

If there's a script for this sort of thing, please let me know, and thanks for reading my post, much appreciated.

Regards,

Demolution

[deadserious]

Can you explain in a little more detail. I almost know what you're saying, but there's more than one possibility, so I'm not quite sure which way you're talking about. If you can give a link to a site where this occurs or just explain in a little more detail that will make it much easier to answer.

If you are saying how does something like http://domain.ext/ext/ show up in the address bar without the filename showing up, it is because the server is set up to automatically recognize certain files as the default index files. So if you throw one of them files in any directory it will recognize it without you actually having to type in the exact address to the file. So you may have just came across a website that was linking to directories like that. Anyways I'll quit guessing now.

[Mekhu]

All you need to do is place your entire website is a frame with the bottom row being 1 pixel in height. What this will do is make the frames invisible, but when people navigate your website, the address bar will always show "domain.ext" and that's it.

Do note that this could make it frustrating for those looking to bookmark your website.

[demolution]

Originally posted by deadserious
Can you explain in a little more detail. I almost know what you're saying, but there's more than one possibility, so I'm not quite sure which way you're talking about. If you can give a link to a site where this occurs or just explain in a little more detail that will make it much easier to answer.

I'm just talking about hiding filenames on the address bar when you click on other links in the same website. I know this is possible, just don't know many websites that does this.

[demolution]

Originally posted by Mekhu
All you need to do is place your entire website is a frame with the bottom row being 1 pixel in height. What this will do is make the frames invisible, but when people navigate your website, the address bar will always show "domain.ext" and that's it.

Do note that this could make it frustrating for those looking to bookmark your website.

I don't understand that, and I don't like frames.

[Mekhu]

If you don't like frames then you're out of luck as far as I know.

Another way to setup having .html files listed in your address is to do this:

your main page is called index.html. So when your site loads, it's "domain.ext".

If you have a contact page, create a contact folder called "contact". Inside of it, make your contact page "index.html".

Then if some goes to contact they see this "domain.ext/contact/"

[jjmac78]

I know this is possible, just don't know many websites that does this.

There is a reason for that.

Frames are it, but I detest sites that do that, just MHO