[SOLVED] URL format requirements

[Y0GI]

Have you ever been listening to an advertisement on the radio and the the voice says Blah blah blah company at so and so dot com BACKSLASH bozo? If the dot com is followed by a slash, shouldn't it always be a forward slash (/ commonly denoted as just "slash") and never a backslash (\)? It just seems like I have never seen a backslash after the dot com but I I have heard the announcers say backslash on more than one occasion.

 

[USAFRet]

"c colon backslash"

And no one ever accused TV announcers of being technologically competent.

 

[Y0GI]

Yes, C:\ for a DOS command, but I'm talking about a URL for entering into a browser address. Should that ever have a backslash after the dot com?

 

[Nemesia]

You can use \ on a URL but you're right. When users type a URL it's normally a slash.

You can still go to google.com\about instead of google.com/about

You can use either or. The biggest reason most people chose one or the other is just how they want to present the URL to the user.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, C:\ for a DOS command, but I'm talking about a URL for entering into a browser address. Should that ever have a backslash after the dot com?

Yes, I know.

And current browsers autochange it, to resolve correctly.

As far as 'ever'? Sure. Sometimes, when you are a couple levels deep into a website file structure, an actual backslash appears.

 

[Y0GI]

OK. Thank you,
Nemesia and USAFRet!