[WEB4LIB] Which is appropriate .htm or .html?

[John Silvester]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, jay wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded w/r/t my question on SHTML...
> 
> I've got another one: what are the rules governing the use of the
> .htm/.html extensions in webpages? I've got an .html extension for the
> main/index page on our website. The rest use .htm. This doesn't seem to
> cause any problems or consternation with anyone. Does it really matter?

Actually it doesn't really matter.  The .htm extension is a legacy from
the days of Web Servers running on Windows3.x machines.  Until Win95, 
files could not have more than 3 letters for an extension thus .html was
not possible if you were hosting your site on a Windows3.x (or even DOS)
computer.


John

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