Works everywhere, i believe, except that ive read ie8 will issue the request twice, which would. Apr 05, 2010 how to handle custom url protocols with the microsoft webbrowser control. File connect brings up webpage cannot be displayed first time on login. Unfortunately it doesnt work unless theres already an absolute file. Do ie7 and ie8 download stylesheets twice if you use root relative urls or does it only happen if youre using protocol relative urls. The form youre already using is protocol relative, because it doesnt specify a protocol.
So if your page is s, then the jscss request will also be s. A view of your homepage source code should show your pages with and protocol relative views. After upgrading to ie8 from ie6 on windows xp sp2 and 3 and xp 64bit sp2 workstations i am encountering an issue when using a file connect from a program that launches internet explorer. Mar 06, 2012 registering a custom url protocol for invoking an application. Installation, deployment, configuration, security, group policy, management questions. Read more on protocol relative urls from paul irish. Rfc 1808 relative uniform resource locators june 1995 rather than respecifying it within each instance. The point is that a browser can fetch a resource from whatever protocol the site is telling it to use. Protocol relative urls, why to use them, and common pitfalls. Turns out it allows your browser to download the resource through or s, which gets rid of any pesky warning messages about nonsecure items when viewing an s page. The url constructor returns a newly created url object representing the url defined by the parameters.
In this case, the protocol scheme from the displayed page will be used, but against the host in the url. A protocol relative url is just a url without the scheme. I think we can all agree that performance of web sites matters a lot, and slow web sites are very annoying both for developers and, more importantly, end users. We are now at a point where protocolrelative url support is stable enough to enable it on all wikis, so today weve enabled it. Css files downloaded twice in internet explorer with protocol relative urls published on thursday, february 18, 2010. Css files downloaded twice in internet explorer with.
The protocol name, the protocol description, the commandline that is executed when you type or click the url, the product name, and the company name. Windows internet explorer 8 ie8 is the eighth version of the internet explorer web browser by microsoft, released on march 19, 2009. Oct 15, 2009 for web developers dont perplex your users with mixed content warnings. The addon or extension as microsoft calls their ie8 addons.
Jun 06, 2012 using relative urls in wordpress anh tran on june 6, 2012 35 comments on using relative urls in wordpress relative urls has some benefits. This utility also allows you to easily enabledisable the url protocols. It is the successor to internet explorer 7, released in 2006, and is the default browser for windows 7 and windows server 2008 r2 operating systems. If url is a relative url, base is required, and will be used as the base url.
File protocol navigation by default, internet explorer prevents navigation to uniform resource identifiers uris using the file. You dont have to add your hostname to use protocol relative urls. A usvstring representing the base url to use in case url is a relative url. Mar 28, 2015 protocol relative urls makes all file urls generated by drupal to be protocol relative. He points out, a protocol relative url is more appropriately called a networkpath reference or schemerelative url. Browsers substitute the protocol of the page itself for the resources missing protocol. The solution we prefer to use is to specify a protocol relative url. Ie11 returns empty protocol and host for relative url. The doubleleadingforeslash tells the browser or bot to use the same connection scheme or protocol i. Unsafe protocolrelative urls new relic explorers hub.
For information about what protocolrelative urls are, why they are needed, and how itll affect you, see the post written in july. Protocolrelative urls enabled on all wikimedia foundation wikis. Protocol relative url networkpath reference or scheme. Sep, 2011 ie8 not opening link using file protocol. If url is an absolute url, a given base will be ignored. Have you confirmed with a test that the url with a domain name will solve your problem. Aug 27, 20 ever use a script that had a url without the like this. It would probably be a good idea for me to say what im trying to do, as there may be a simpler way to do it than i am trying. In protocol relative urls we do not specify the protocol which should be used to connect to the url. For each url protocol, the following information is displayed. Dropping the protocol from the url allows the browser to assign the current protocol to the url. Im having a hard time setting the correct settings to allow ie 11 to open file. Its just like a regular url except that you leave out the protocol prefix.
A relative url that begins with a slash always replaces the entire pathname of the base url. Dropping the protocol from the url allows your web browser to assign the current protocol to the url. But these urls also omit the protocol scheme, so the protocol is taken from the base url also. The maintainers of sockjs and thousands of other packages are working with tidelift to deliver commercial support and maintenance for the open source dependencies you use to build your applications. Relative urls can also be used within dataentry dialogs to decrease the number of characters necessary to describe a location. The thymeleaf standard dialects called standard and springstandard offer a way to easily create urls in your web applications so that they include any required url preparation artifacts. Do you want to only read about this puzzling webpage prompt. A usvstring representing an absolute or relative url.
Instead, create subclasses for any custom protocols or url schemes that your app supports. Id also point out its part of the html5boilerplate project which evangelises cross browser compatibility. Oddly i was also not able to repro the ie8 doublecss issue using the link. These types of urls were meant to be hit by a browser only. I have discovered this doesnt work with css files in ie7 possibly ie8 as the browser will. A relative url that begins with two slashes always replaces everything from the hostname onwards. Thx to miketaylr, ralphholzmann, annevk for smarts on this, and ajaxian, where i think i learned it like 4 years ago. Css files downloaded twice in internet explorer with protocol. Our customers over 15,000 customers love new relic, from fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses around the globe. Another reason to just rewrite s instead of protocol relative paths, for use with local tests. Ie11 returns empty protocol and host for relative url ie11bugmkd. When the protocol is not specified the browser uses the current protocol of the website. Ie11 returns empty protocol and host for relative url github.
When a download starts, the system creates the appropriate protocol object to handle the corresponding url request. The table shows relative urls which are all assumed to have the base url. Until then i had no idea the protocol could be impliedthough i knew the domain name is. Custom url protocol for invoking application codeproject.