Could you create a "404.cfm" page that does any processing you need and point IIS/Apache to that file as your custom 404 error page?
-- Jay -----Original Message----- From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 September 2007 15:42 To: CF-Talk Subject: Dealing with 'fake' folders? Hi folks - I've got a small issue with my project. By 'small' I mean, it's a bit annoying, and nothing major, doesn't affect performance, it just BUGS ME and I'd like to figure a way to get around it in a better way. So we've got our site on a domain (let's call it 'domain.com') and our application allows clients to create their own sites, giving them an alphanumeric name, that allows their site to be accessed, via 'domain.com/sitename/'. A folder is created in the file system in the main web directory, so say 'domain.com' points to the stereotypical IIS 'htdocs' folder, a folder 'sitename' is created inside 'htdocs'. When a client deletes one of these sites, I've got code in that deletes that 'sitename' folder. No problem til now. If that site has been around for a bit, then the web crawlers have found it. And after the folder is gone, the web crawlers are now hitting a non-existant page in a non-existant folder. I've tried re-creating these folders (when I see enough entries in the error logs for a given deleted folder), dropping an index.cfm page in with various meta tags in to say "SHOO ROBOTS", but most of them ignore the instructions listed on their own sites. That's a whole 'nother issue. What I'd like to do is automate this a bit more - to be able to not create these folders from the get-go, but interecept traffic that points at 'domain.com/somefolder' where 'somefolder' doesn't exist - and push it to a script that will go 'oh they're looking for the 'somefolder' site' and do its bit to serve up the pages (which reside elsewhere) if the site is still present, or serve up a 'this site doesn't exist' with anti-robot meta tags if not. This way, no folder would need to be created or deleted, and I wouldn't have to go robot-swatting when sites are deleted. Is this something that can be done with CF, or is it more of an IIS thing? Regardless, any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks - --Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:288818 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
