On a bunch of different sites, I use the cgi variable Path Info and use / delimited variables.
http://www.whatever.com/mypage.cfm/6 or if you wanted you could use a jump page with a switch statement to redirect to the right page or load the right template http://www.whatever.com/mypage.cfm/marketing Cheers, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mickael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:59 AM 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:4:214865 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
