Weird url backslashing action...

[Immanuel]

Hi guys this is more of a technical question. Has anyone seen this before in a url www.domain.com/\page\

i'm referring to the forward slash / followed by a backslash \ resulting in /\

Any idea why this happens?

[GPainter]

Hiya,

You should not use a back slash as it can't always be read and may be converter to a forward slash by some browsers and can end up with a 404 error. It's just not a format for URLs.  For best practice I recommend sticking to the forward slash. Also I've not seen a URL with /\ or / but that's as I mentioned it's only going to cause you more of a headache in the long run.

Have you found it happen to you ?

Hope this helps.

[Everett]

Hello Segafredo,

I have seen it before, but not very often because, as Chris said, it just isn't a good format for URLs. As to why it is happening, it would help if we know what kind of site you have. Is it on a CMS? Is it PHP, CFM, ASP...

[Immanuel]

Hi guys, it looks like our developers have figured it out...

I don't know how it happened but for some reason it was doing it on this url: http://www.segafredo.com.au/Disclaimer/ Our site is run on Umbraco (ASP) but the shopping part is a custom plugin for SAP which doesn't play nice with friendly urls.

Somehow they solved that issue but created an other one... duplicate content :S

Ciao,

Immanuel.