I'd go along with the 404 error suggestion - I've implemented this too, it works really well.
You need to create a custom 404 error on the web server (this is pretty straightforward but needs access to the server config, whichever version you use). The 404 page then queries against a table of 'known pages' or such like, and cfincludes the correct page without any need for redirection or URL rewriting. However outside of CF, you can use url rewriting (mod_rewrite or ISAPI rewrite) to achieve this with far less overhead. The request would be soething like www.domain.com/nice-url-here, and would end up being passed to the application server under the bonnet as www.domain.com/myfile.cfm?page=nice-url-here or whatever you choose. There should be numerous tutorials on the web for doing this... David > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 November 2006 13:41 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Search Engine Friendly URLS > > Ivan, > > I do this via a 404 error: > > http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:286.view > > Currently though, I create the URL manually though: > > <cfloop query="qNews"> > > <a > Href="domain.com/news/#REReplace( qNews.title, "[^\w]+", "-", "ALL" > )#.htm" > >#qNews.title#</a> > > </cfloop> > > So, no auto-created URLs, but I can catch pretty urls. > > ...................... > Ben Nadel > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer www.bennadel.com > > Need ColdFusion Help? > www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Vaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:26 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Search Engine Friendly URLS > > Hi > > Using Coldfusion is it possible to convert the following > > domain.com/news/prdetail.cfm?id=2084 > > To Search Engine Friendly URL such as > > domain.com/news/example_news_story > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
