I've used the "On Request" handler for this, and it works beautifully - let it not be said that Active4D does not cover most if not all of the common web development scenarios. Did you have a particular question or scenario in mind that may not work? Examples would be helpful.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Peter Jakobsson <li...@netkelvin.com> wrote: > Hi > > I've been asked to have a look at revising the structure of the URLs at one > site by giving them more user-friendly aliases. The motivation for this is > mainly search engine optimisation (by giving the site more of an apparent > hierarchical structure) but also some useability issues (easy to remember > URLs for certain site sections). > > There is no 'real' site restructuring involved - i.e. all the 'controller' > scripts and content pages remain the same. It's just a question of making > them accessible with simpler URLs, preferably without query parameters. > > The most obvious approach that springs to mind is to use the On Request > handler to intercept the friendly URL, interperate it, and then direct the > request to the appropriate script with the appropriate query parameters. The > problem with this is that I think the browser then gets the internal URL > when the response comes back (I haven't tested this - I'm just assuming > that's what happens). > > If anyone has dealt with this kind of thing and cares to share any tips with > me I'd be interested to hear them. > > (b.t.w. the site is fronted by Apache and that could be part of the > solution, but I'd hoped to do something more general in 4D. Plus I'm not a > regex expert). > > Many thanks. > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Active4D-dev mailing list > Active4D-dev@aparajitaworld.com > http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev > Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/ > -- m|a _______________________________________________ Active4D-dev mailing list Active4D-dev@aparajitaworld.com http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/
