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    Should you automatically resolve URLs with extra trailing slashes added by accident?

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    • McTaggart
      McTaggart last edited by

      Hi - I was just wondering whether a URL with extra trailing slashes should actuall redirect to the version without the extra trailing slashes... e.g. www.domainname.com/folder////// should automatically resolve to www.domainname.com/folder/ - what is your opinion on this?

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      • andy.bigbangthemes
        andy.bigbangthemes last edited by

        Well yeah sure...but why not fix it in the first place? Too many redirects are not a good idea 🙂

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