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Use PithHelmet to allow simple URL typing
Authored by: dhirsch226 on Oct 27, '05 09:00:48AM
Sorry, I should have been clearer. Here's more detailed instructions:
  1. Install PithHelmet
  2. Select Open Rule Editor from the menu
  3. Click the "New" button to add a new rule and give it a name
  4. With that new rule selected, in the box labeled "Matching Pattern" near the top of the window, type the following:
    ^(http://)*([^.:/]+)(/*)$
    PLEASE NOTE: I've added a colon after the period, to allow Safari to open the manage bookmarks view!
  5. Make sure the top menu is set to Regex URL Match
  6. Click the Filter button, and set the "Matching URL Request Action" menu to Transmogrify
  7. Set the Transmogrification Replacement (bottom text box) to
    http://www.$2.com/
Hope this helps!
-Dave

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Use PithHelmet to allow simple URL typing
Authored by: b00le on Oct 28, '05 06:00:49AM
Nope - still doesn't work. I suspect this may be related to the fact that simple URLs are broken for me anyway. I can't remember when this happened, nor can I find a preference setting or anything which might account for it.

If I just type , eg, 'gizmondo', I get the message:

The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://gizmondo/
The following error was encountered:
Unable to determine IP address from host name for gizmondo
The dnsserver returned:
Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is help@xxxx.it.
Generated Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:51:47 GMT by cluster2.yyyy.com (squid/2.5.STABLE10)
So perhaps the answer lies with the propellorheads who manage the internal system...
The http:// gets added, but not the .com

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Use PithHelmet to allow simple URL typing
Authored by: dhirsch226 on Oct 28, '05 02:52:05PM

I think if you are getting that error, then somehow PithHelmet is not doing its thing for you. The great thing about PithHelmet is that the request for http:/gizmondo/ never goes out to the internet, so you could not be getting an error referencing that URL. I don't know why it's not working for you, but the problem is your PithHelmet installation, *not* the internet or DNS or your ISP.
-Dave



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