Well doing it the other way u suggested wouldn't really be much more work. Create a folder and stick an index.htm in it instead. Although the search engines will still indsex that file.
Russ -----Original Message----- From: Mickael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 August 2005 20:25 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Gateway Pages and IIS Hi Russ I agree with you, but my client think that pages with Extensions are not nice looking they want folders. Mike Russ Michaels wrote: >You would really want static pages as gateway pages anyway, to make >them search engine friendly, which I presume is the reason your doing it. >So generating a www.doamin.com/marketing.htm page would be better than >www.ourdomain.com/index.cfm?pageid=111 > >Russ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mickael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 12 August 2005 16:59 >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Gateway Pages and IIS > >Hi All, > >I am hoping that someone on this list has worked through this before I >reinvent the wheel. We have a small content management system that we >have written that allows users to make changes to their site. We would >like to add a new feature where users can create gateway for marketing. >When our users create a new page on our system the URL ends up being >www.ourdomain.com/index.cfm?pageid=111 (or what ever number). Our >issue now is that we would like to make pages that easier to read and >print on advertising. So for example if they create a page that is >connect to Marketing they would like to be able to access that page via >www.domain.com/marketing > >The only way that I can see this working is to create an interface in >my CMS that would create a new folder in the webroot of thier choosing >and insert an index.cfm file in at folder with a <cflocation> tag point >ing to >index.cfm?pageid=111 or whatever the url. > >This solution would work, but would create a ton of folders in our >webroot, and we also have our own folders for the app there as well. >My question is there a more elegant way of handling this problem? We >have played with the idea of adding an Intelligent 404 page but part of >the goal is to have their stats package also track the accesses to these pages. > >I was just wondering what other people are doing? We are Using IIS as >a web server. > >Thanks > >Mike > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214814 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
