I am creating an email going out to internal users with the following code that has a link to an internal directory:
\\abc\123
And for whatever reason, the mail that comes in shows:
\\abc\123 and the link points to /abc/123
I am suspecting Exchange Server of somehow altering the mail message to make it less "dangerous", but I am really stuck here since this is a network address, going to internal users! When they click the link it doesn't show the directory.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Ok, finally figured this one out.
Exchange takes a lot of liberty when it re-renders the HTML and assumes that you want to put a relative web link versus network path.
That's why all the "\" were converted to "/".
The way around this is to add "file:///" prior to the href address:
\\abc\123
will work!
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My boss has tasked me with remaking his business website from the ground up. I'm pretty new to web design and am learning as I go. Our webhost created a WordPress staging site that I can work on while the original site stays up and running. Recently we've encountered a real problem: a very important page on our original (current) website has a filename that includes an ampersand. It loaded perfectly for customers for over a decade, but now suddenly refuses to load, returning a "bad request" error message for any browser we've tried. The page's URL is in this format:
www.example.com/Gems&Rocks.htm
I changed all instances of '&' to 'n' in the HTML code as well as the file names associated with it, and that got the page working again. Problem is, there are hundreds of other pages across the internet that backlink to this important page under its original name. My boss is adamant that I find a way to get the original filename with the ampersand in there so we don't lose business. He thinks this is all my fault, but I did absolutely nothing to change the old website. The webhost's tech tells me he can't do anything about it, and that this emergent problem wasn't caused by anything he did because he hasn't changed anything on the webserver in over a year. He says the '&' is a reserved character and shouldn't have been in the pathname anyway. Nevertheless, our page loaded just fine for many years.
Searching the web has done me no good, it's like I'm the only person in the world who has encountered this problem. But surely someone else has had such a thing happen. So I guess my specific questions are:
Did pages with '&' in their name suddenly stop loading for everyone or just our website?
Is there a way to "trick" our website into loading the page instead of deciding the '&' is a "bad request"?
Can a URL redirector be set up that sends users from "Gems&Rocks.htm" to GemsnRocks.htm?
The "bad request" error comes from your web host's server. If it worked previously, but now shows that error, then something MUST have changed on the server.
It is possible that you might be able to redirect that request. You don't say what server your web host is using. It's likely to be some version of Apache and you probably have .htaccess configuration available to you. One option might be to put something like this in your .htaccess file:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/Gems\&Rocks\.htm$ https://example.com/GemsnRocks.htm
Whether or not that works will depend on the server that you are running on and how it is configured.
When creating a new database through PHPMyAdmin and trying to access localhost/newdatabase, I get this message:
"Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. If
you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404 localhost Apache/2.4.34 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.1.0i PHP/7.2.9"
The file doesn't show in xampp/htdocs either, only in xampp/mysql/data.
If i create files directly in htdocs, they work perfectly on localhost/.
Why has the file not been created in htdocs?
The content of the htdocs folder are files that can be interpreted by the browser such as HTML5, CSS, JS, etc... in order to show a webpage along with it's funcionality to whoever accesses it. A database in the other hand can't directly be opened by a browser, but rather accessed within the server by a backend language like PHP, in order to get the information that can be stored in it through tables. You seem to be new to web programming, so I'd recommend to quickly google some beginner tutorials that can help you to understand the most important concepts. To take on from your kind of confusion, I'd point you to expand your knowledge on these concepts:
HTML5
CSS
PHP
MySQL
Once you get the grasp of them and identify each by their core funcionality, you'll be good on your way to make webpages. Later on you'll find yourself with demands like making your webpage look nice and clear, and also to make it load fast, but there's time for everything and the concepts I pointed are the best start for you.
if you wanna open your database URL = http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
File directory ~ xampp/htdocs for source code such as extension file .php .html .js or other.
if you wanna load localhost a URL is http://localhost:80 (auto find index file to first load)
Sample given as image folder for my code. Hope that can help you to understand xampp
I uploaded an image earlier today and it works fine so long as i do not type www into the URL in front... We have had this problem multiple times and I have no idea why this keeps happening or what I can do to help the problem...
I have tried to access from multiple browsers and computers to see if it's a caching issue but alas, it does not seem to work...
I have used both google AND the stack overflow search functions in an attempt to find someone else with the same problem. Maybe I'm not very good at googling, but I wasn't able to find someone else. I did find qiestions that asked between the differences between using www and not using it, but not a single of them had files that could be located on one of them while not on the other.
Which website?
A webserver can respond to
domain.com
or
www.domain.com
Some webserver respond to both of them (depending on the configuration), but there is no guarantee.
The keyword is Webserver Domain Binding or Virtual Host here.
You should open DNS configuration page, in CNAME Record section, add more this record:
Whereby, your images will existing on both http://www.example.com and http://example.com
I have a new client who asked me to make 2 websites and no payment so far!
I have the ftp accounts, but he can always close my access and leave me without pay.
Can I upload the CSS to another server of mine and encrypt the link to CSS file?
If yes, can I restrict peoples to see the file if they find the URL to CSS file?
Thank you!
If they are his hosting accounts, then accessing them to tamper with the code for the purpose of disabling his sites without his authorisation is probably illegal.
If he hasn't paid you, you own the copyright. If he refuses to pay you, file a DMCA complaint with his hosting company.
Technological measures like this are futile and unprofessional. Next time use a contract.
This is simple. Same scenario happened to me, and what I did was added an new index.html which was an under-construction page, and renamed the original index.php as index_to_be.php.
I then added a redirection using htaccess to the new index.html.
The client contacted me straight away and paid up in no time.
If you don't know how to use htaccess, you can simply add a header location value to the top php page.
header("location:index.html");
The best way to do this is to create a simple PHP file that allows you to access, edit and delete files on the server. You can also search for a ready made lightweight ftp script. Place the PHP file somewhere on the server nested in other folders and name it something like temp.php. Now even if the client blocked you access to the server, you can still access, edit and delete files on the server by pointing your URL to temp.php. When you get paid, be kind enough to remove the file. Don't forget to password protect it.
In your PHP file you can use opendir() to read files from a directory, and unlink() to delete files. If all you want to do is be able to delete files, then the script will not take you more then a minute to create.
UPDATE
You can use the following lightweight ftp script that will let you view, edit delete files and also give you the option to password protect it. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pafm/
You could remove the style sheet from the client's site, upload it to one of your servers and embed it from there:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://your.server/styles.css">
however, you will not be able to seriously obfuscate this. One idea that comes to mind is to add a huge number of spaces before the "link" tag to hide it in the source code view.
<link rel="stylesheet".....>
You could also lazy load it using jQuery, but that would disable the style sheet for users who have JavaScript turned off - mostly a no-go.
In the end, no matter what you do, all this will be trivially easy to circumvent. There is no way to reliably keep control over the site in the scenario you describe. Like #thirtydot says, the best thing to do is to send a screenshot instead.
This is probably like trying to kill a fly with a ICBM but...
You could always use a JavaScript to add the link element to the DOM, and run the JavaScript code through a JS obfusticator.
But still, that's hackish, and overkill, and ways you can get the link anyway.
I have a script that loads a php page for variables. There are no problems when the swf is uploaded to the site but when I run it locally, I keep getting "Error opening URL" messages. I'm using absolute pathing and if I paste the URL my script is using in a browser, the correct page opens. This only started happening after the site changed servers. Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks.
The "Error opening URL" seems to be caused by a number of issues. I have tried to keep track of all the different solutions I have used in the past to fix the problem. Ever time I encounter the "Error opening URL" the solution is different. Hopefully one of these solutions helps you.
I usually find the following solutions on google.
- Make sure crossdomain policy is setup correctly.
- Set a bunch of variables like Security.allowDomain(domainHERE)
- Change publishing setting for your flash file.
- Make sure your connecting to the right url.
Here is what works for me... usually.
1) Make sure you are connecting to the right URL.
Use the full path, don't use relative links. Also, copy and paste the url in your web browser to see if it connects.
You can also use flash.events.HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS to view the HTTP headers but I would recommend you check out solution 5 first. Its a much easier way with more details.
Source: http://www.judahfrangipane.com/blog/2007/02/15/error-2032-stream-error/
2) Put a crossdomain.xml file in the root of your server (usually public_html or www)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain="*"/>
</cross-domain-policy>
Source:
http://www.senocular.com/pub/adobe/crossdomain/policyfiles.html
3) While editing the flash file, press Ctrl + Shift + F12
Make sure Local playback security is set to Access Network Only.
4) If you are hosting locally using MAMP, WAMP, XAMP or something similar, skip this step. Otherwise, Call your webhost and yell at them ;)
I have hosted with godaddy, hostgator and liquidweb. It seems that all of them have some kind of firewall setup blocking flash from accessing the files you want it to.
Give your host a call, tell them your problem and ask them to whitelist the files you are trying to connect to and you should be good to go.
Remember, everytime you want to connect to a new file, it has to be whitelisted. I always forget this and it takes me 3 hours to figure out why changing the name of my file or moving it messes everything up. :)
5) Use Charles Web Debugging Proxy Program to gather some important information.
I will break this down into a few steps.
Usually for me the "Error opening URL" is due to a coding problem on the site I'm trying to connect to.
Open Charles
Run your flash file
Select the site your flash file tried to connect to in Charles side bar.
View the Response tab near the top.
On the Response tab you should see a few other tabs near the bottom. View the Headers tab.
See what HTTP_Status was returned. Then look search this page to see what that status code means. It will give a somewhat broad definition but it still helps narrow things down.
500 Means a problem with your server... If your server is running fine, then its most likely a code problem.
Then view the Text tab near the bottom of the Response tab. This will show you exactly what that webpage looks like to flash. If your server is in some kind of debug mode where it displays errors, this is where you will see them.
Well I hope this helps someone. I will try to continue to update it with more issues and solutions I run into. This is probably the number one problem I run into with flash. Super annoying!
Crossdomains.xml file possibly?
not really a solution, but a work-around:
before CTRL-ENTER on your .fla, do a CTRL-S
this seems to work about 90% of the time for me
NOTE: I never had this problem until one random day about 6 months ago. Now it plagues most of my old projects, cs4 or cs6.