#dev 2026-08-22
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rMdes-bnc Damn b2.. I also remember B2 Evolution, which was a fork if I'm not wrong
# rMdes-bnc https://b2evolution.net/
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# ruecharli does anyone know how i can check if a file exists (in the same directory as the active page) with js? i need it to return a boolean
# ruecharli i have the path and file name, but i dont want to navigate to it
# ruecharli just check if it exists
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# ruecharli dang it, i assumed it would work :( im trying to check if another html page (on my site) exists before linking to it.. is there some way i can get the same effect? im not sure what fetch api is but i will look into it
# ruecharli otherwise i will just have to have like, a list of all my html files that ill have to keep updated and read from
# tdrayson what are you actually trying to achieve? maybe that might help with giving a better answer
# ruecharli the whole site takes place in a book. every page has a page number and chapter number in the title. i need to know if the next page is in the same chapter before i try to link to it, otherwise it might move to a page that doesnt exist. i cant give each page its own page number because ill constantly be adding to the end of each chapter
# ruecharli so, chapter 1 page 50 might be the last of the chapter, so it would need to move to chapter 2 page 1
# ruecharli (each chapter is like a category. one would be for a blog, another for a gallery, etc)
# tdrayson Page numbers don't change regardless of what chapter it is though, page numbers are always in order and don't restart
# tdrayson Are you using any sort of content management system framework or anything like that? Because if it is an actual category, like a taxonomy, then you could get the total count of the category entries. But again, it kind of depends on how you are actually building this and what you are using.
# IWDiscord <tdrayson>
# ruecharli yes, i know, in a regular book, but i dont want to have to update every pages number because i added a new page near the start
# ruecharli not using anything but html, css, and js. its all just in a folder on my desktop for now
# tdrayson But would you not have to do that anyway, if you added a new page into page 2 of 50, then you still have to update the other 48 pages
# ruecharli i guess? but i dont intend on doing that
# tdrayson But your files are ordered, right, and named ?
# tdrayson That's how you're getting the URL structure you mentioned above with the chapter and page number
# ruecharli yes, with the convention (chapter).(page).html, e.g. 01.050.html
# ruecharli i will generally only be adding to the end of a chapter
# ruecharli dots because more convenient for .split
# tdrayson You just said you might add a page into the start of a chapter?
# ruecharli oh, in my first explanation? i mean that at runtime it needs to check if the next page is in the same chapter or the next, not creating anything
# tdrayson Just keep an array of how many pages are in each chapter in the JavaScript
# ruecharli ah ok, yeah that wouldnt be too hard to update
# tdrayson If you add a new page, just update it
# [snarfed] at a higher level, the "write in public" idea sounds like https://books.worksinprogress.co/
# ruecharli ok, ill do that!
# tdrayson That's going to be the simplest approach without having to do tones of fetch api calls and checks
# tdrayson Then all you have to do is compare the current page number with the total pages in the chapter
# ruecharli thanks!!
# tdrayson no problem 😄
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# ruecharli do i need to parseInt before comparing number strings? like, would "021" > "002" return true?
# ruecharli nvm it works
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# ruecharli haha yeah i realised and fixed it
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# ruecharli is there some js i can use that acts like an href hyperlink?
# ruecharli i'd like to put it inside a click event listener
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# IWDiscord <tdrayson>
# tdrayson window.location.replace()
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