Internet help

[Motor T]

I need to ask a question about web pages but I don't know which
newsgroup to ask. Any suggestions please. I looked for
alt.comp.internet but I don't see anything like that on AIOE. Thanks

 

[Motor T]

"Web pages" is a bit vague. Do you mean creating them? HTML question
or Javascript, or something else? Are you wondering why your browser
won't show one? Try to narrow it down for us a bit.

I would like to know how current the information I am reading on any
"how to" type web page is. If I'm seeking an answer to a question say:
'what is the procedure for boarding an international flight'? How do I
know the page wasn't made in 2004? Is there a way to gleen the date
the page was posted? Thanks for replies.

 

[Tim Slattery]

I would like to know how current the information I am reading on any
"how to" type web page is. If I'm seeking an answer to a question say:
'what is the procedure for boarding an international flight'? How do I
know the page wasn't made in 2004? Is there a way to gleen the date
the page was posted? Thanks for replies.

You can right-click on the page, and choose "View Page Info" (in
Firefox, other browsers should have something similar). That will give
you some info, I don't think that it's entirely reliable. The short
answer is you really don't know when it was posted.

 

[Paul]

You can right-click on the page, and choose "View Page Info" (in
Firefox, other browsers should have something similar). That will give
you some info, I don't think that it's entirely reliable. The short
answer is you really don't know when it was posted.

There is a way. Use www.archive.org, enter the URL of the page
in question. View the captures, and move the date back in time,
until the page content changes. The earliest page, consistent
with what you're seeing, is a rough approximation of when the
page was written.

Archive.org is sometimes used in court cases, for proving when
something was stolen or copied. It doesn't copy everything
(it's only a 5500 TB server after all), but it's a place to
start.

Paul

 

[Motor T]

There is a way. Use www.archive.org, enter the URL of the page
in question. View the captures, and move the date back in time,
until the page content changes. The earliest page, consistent
with what you're seeing, is a rough approximation of when the
page was written.

Archive.org is sometimes used in court cases, for proving when
something was stolen or copied. It doesn't copy everything
(it's only a 5500 TB server after all), but it's a place to
start.

Paul

Very helpful replies. Thank you Tim and Paul.