Just created my 1st site locally. I publish to a local folder. The site opens ok, however NONE of the links work, as they open Finder on the folder instead of opening in the web browser. Looking at the code I see that the href tag entries do NOT have the “index.html” part at the end! This is a Sta…

href tags do not require the index.html or index.php files on the end. The web browser will automatically try for the default file which is index.html and if not found will present index.php. Actually the server can be told what files to present first so it’s not quite black and white but that’s th…

[image] RemekTek: I publish to a local folder. The site opens ok, however NONE of the links work, as they open Finder on the folder instead of opening in the web browser. Modern Web pages like what RapidWeaver creates made to be served by a webserver. Trying to view the pages locally will cr…

More information on this post [image] Mac finder window keeps opening up from a link RapidWeaver Mike ( @Proxima ), Default settings picked by developers to make producing the best results for most of the users of a product. I see no shame in the default value, having tidy …

Thank you for coming to my rescue. I will put the files up on a server to try that out. Tried on my local Synology NAS web server and it worked. What are the benefits of the “Tidy Website Links” setting? Surely the few characters that make up “index.html” do not slow down page requests, so is not …

Have a look at the post I linked to: [image] Mac finder window keeps opening up from a link It reduces the URL size, making external links shorter, and that can help with search engine optimization along with increasing conversion rates.

Interesting. Thanks for your help. I must admit I was surprised to read that saving 10 character in a link is significant, but I live and learn (live more than learn, LOL).

Links missing the "index.html"

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teefers (Doug Bennett) January 6, 2021, 9:05pm 6

Have a look at the post I linked to: