Hiding part or all of the address path...?

[NGJ]

Hi,

I'm putting together some pages for our company intranet. The files will be stored on a server locally. I just wanted to know if there's a way of disguising the path of the current link - that's displayed in the address panel. It will be useful to prevent 'little fingers' finding their way to where the code is and potentially causing me maintenance problems.

I believe I can also disable 'right click', File/Save, etc., as further measures.

Thanks in advance,

Neil.

[jscheuer1]

Anything that you can do in this regard via HTML (the forum you posted in) will be very limited if anything at all. HTML is only a markup language and has no security features I know of. The best course would be to consult with the server's admin to see what kind of security can be set up for your project server side.

[NGJ]

Thanks (again!) for the prompt reply.

Cheers,

N.

[Twey]

As it's on an intranet, you can control the software used to view the pages. Try modifying a copy of the Firefox source to do what you want.

[NGJ]

Thanks for posting a reply. Please forgive my ignorance… Can you please explain re this Firefox suggestion?
Unfortunately, I cannot dictate browser policy. Our default standard is IE6, I state this & I am assuming this for all those needing to view the content. Are you aware of anything that I can put into my code that can maybe disguise the path? Appreciate we're in the HTML section, though if anything else strikes then please advise.

John suggested I see what the admin guys can do to control access to the server area containing my content. So far, that seems like the only possible solution. I've learned pretty much everythiing I know by examining other people's code - I wouldn't want to prevent this for others. However, I do have concerns over control of accidental / malicious access - hence my query.

Thanks again in advance.

N.

[Twey]

The only way you can do this is to manipulate the browsers. I was suggesting that you get a copy of the Firefox source, modify it to hide certain URLs, and then distribute your Firefox build throughout the company. However, if you haven't the authority to change the software on the machines, you cannot do this. There is no way to implement it in the page. John's solution is the only other one that presents itself, and generally a better idea than your initial suggestion anyway.