What's The Difference? Between http:// and www.

drmike1 · July 18th, 2003, 12:00 AM

I know that is a simpleton question, but for some reason, when I put in:
http://sevenbadyears.com
I get to my website. But if I put in
www.sevenbadyears.com
I just get the file list of my website.
Can anybody help me figure this out?

Thanks

pita0017 · July 18th, 2003, 2:03 AM

i see it with and without the www

**EliteGeeks.com** · July 18th, 2003, 6:25 AM

me to, looks like it should here.

:icecream:

VTJustinB · July 18th, 2003, 9:41 AM

Typically www is just a subdomain/directory shortcut alias for your public_html folder so it shouldn't behave any differently than accessing it directly.

And I get the same result for both url's too.

Justin

snide · July 18th, 2003, 9:53 AM

I had the same issue when I moved servers. I think that in my case, it was because of a proxy server that is in use here at work.

http://www.surpasshosting.com/forums/index...date+do+you+see

I don't understand it either.

There are a couple of threads that mention this strange occurance.

BTW, your is identical both ways here.

It seems to me now that the only people that see these differing sites are the site's owners. Noone else is able to view the difference.

SPN

drmike1 · July 19th, 2003, 11:19 PM

Yeah, thanks for the replies...

Probably about an hour after I posted, they were both working correctly. I think maybe since I had just switched to Surpasshosting the day before, everything was not "propogated" yet (whatever that means).

Thanks!

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pita0017 Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jun 2003 69 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	i see it with and without the www __________________ "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." -Rich Cook "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." -Dennis Ritchie. "Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers." -Leonard Brandwein.

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EliteGeeks.com Surpass Fan Excelling Contributor Joined in May 2003 Lives in Las Vegas, Nevada Hosted on Dime9 632 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	me to, looks like it should here. :icecream: __________________ Disclamer: This is not a legal document. As with all information transfered via the internet, this message was subject to possible contamination and tampering I hold myself harmless as to its content as at appears at its intended destination.

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VTJustinB Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Research Triangle Park, NC / Blacksburg, VA 57 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Typically www is just a subdomain/directory shortcut alias for your public_html folder so it shouldn't behave any differently than accessing it directly. And I get the same result for both url's too. Justin __________________ "I tried to go to Target but I missed" ~Mitch

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snide Registered User Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in So. NJ 1,557 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 9 times	I had the same issue when I moved servers. I think that in my case, it was because of a proxy server that is in use here at work. http://www.surpasshosting.com/forums/index...date+do+you+see I don't understand it either. There are a couple of threads that mention this strange occurance. BTW, your is identical both ways here. It seems to me now that the only people that see these differing sites are the site's owners. Noone else is able to view the difference. SPN __________________ Dime13 \| Pass17

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July 18th, 2003, 12:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
drmike1 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jul 2003 3 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I know that is a simpleton question, but for some reason, when I put in: http://sevenbadyears.com I get to my website. But if I put in www.sevenbadyears.com I just get the file list of my website. Can anybody help me figure this out? Thanks

July 19th, 2003, 11:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
drmike1 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jul 2003 3 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Yeah, thanks for the replies... Probably about an hour after I posted, they were both working correctly. I think maybe since I had just switched to Surpasshosting the day before, everything was not "propogated" yet (whatever that means). Thanks!

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