Back Or Forward

[woodelf]

When keying in a website address, e.g. http: which slash follows the colon, back or forward ?...I know a forward slash is used further on in the address, but after the colon....? Ta Muchly.

[maggiebee]

Usually //

[Baldric]

//////////////////////////////////////////

[mccfluff]

back slash

hi woodelf x

[Obiter]

You don't need them. just type www.etc.

[Baldric]

Look at top left of your screen where

http://www.theanswerbank. etc etc

is

[woodelf]

Many Thanks Mccfluff x - perhaps the others didn't know...but Ta anyway.

[mccfluff]

lol, i didn't want to say, but i think that is the case

[Old_Geezer]

Everyone else is indicating a forward slash.

[woodelf]

Oh, well I don't know who everyone else is OG, but I followed Mccfluff's advice and got to where I wanted to be - so what's the difference between a back and forward slash?...is there any diff and does it matter if you use one rather than the other, cos I've noticed further on in an address, that the back slash dunner work, whereas the forward slash does. Hey ho.

[Old_Geezer]

A backward one is one where the top seems to have fallen back to the left. A forward one is one where the top has fallen forward to the right.

[Old_Geezer]

It can matter. Especially if doing things in DOS or in Unix. Unsure if there are corrections made if used in a Net Browser.

[woodelf]

Many Thanks OG.

[SlackAlice]

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