Web browser question

[BillyGiggles]

Ok im making a web browser and i noticed when you type in teh website you have to put the http://www. in there..

How would i make it where you dont have to type in the http://www.

If you need the code im using just ask and i will post it...

Thanks

[smithdale87]

Whenever you click "Browse" or whatever button you'll use to load the URL, just check the web addres that the user entered. If it doesnt have the "http://www" then add it automagically

[BillyGiggles]

how would i go about doing this?

[thomashw]

You could use regex. Take a look at regexkit.

[BillyGiggles]

ok will do

[Sai Baba]

Not every site begins with http://www.
For exemple, if i type "mail.google.com" then http://www.mail.google.com - will not do! I really wanted just http://mail.google.com So adding http://www. prefix is basicaly a silly idea.

[BillyGiggles]

Great point! So how do I not make it add the beginning.. Like in mail you van just type Apple.com and it will take you there instead of having to type http;//www.apple.com

[Sai Baba]

you could try adding only "http://" it should work. every decent site works both ways - with or without "www" i prefer links without www - its shorter.

in case of failure you can do a second try with www also included.

[BillyGiggles]

Ya but how do i make it even add http:// ?

[Son of a Beach]

Originally Posted by BillyGiggles

Ya but how do i make it even add http:// ?

There's a few ways. Here's one way:

NSString *newString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://%@", oldString];