Ok, this was what my original thought was... can you explain this part better for me please: This page will parse the cgi.request_uri string into an array based on the "/" character. ---------- This is the part that I have been struggling with... thanks!
>Use a custom 404 page. You will need to update the 404 error handling in >your server (Apache, IIS, etc) to point to this new page on all 404 errors. > >This page will parse the cgi.request_uri string into an array based on the >"/" character. > >Do a check in the database for the user which matches the value in the last >position in the array. (or you can do an 'or' check for each of the >positions after the host_name) > >If the result is eq 1, then display the agent's website. > >If the result is gt 1, then display a 'choice' of which one the user had >intended to type in. > >If the result is eq 0, then show your 404 error page. > >William > >-- >William E. Seiter > >Have you ever read a book that changed your life? >Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com >Enter passkey: goldengrove > >Web Developer >http://William.Seiter.com > >Hi, I am working on a site for a MLM company that wants each person who > signs up with the company to have their own replicated website. The > replicated site is really no more than each person having a separate URL > that is defined by the username they put in when they sign up- > everyone's site is exactly the same otherwise. For example, if I signed up >for > the program with a username of "jessica" my replicated website's > address would be" "http://www.sample.com/jessica";. > >I do not want to have to create a separate folder & index page for each > & every person who signs up, because that seems like it would be kind > of ridiculous & waste a lot of space, so how can I (firstly) trick the > server into believing there is a separate page for each person even > without a folder with their username existing in my directory? > >Second, and I guess this question could be answered by the first, how > can I get that username to be pulled from the URL for use in dynamic > queries and the like. > >-More or less, I am just wanting to somehow convert a query string such > as "http://www.sample.com?username=jessica"; into the more > user-friendly "http://www.sample.com/jessica";. > >I think i am making this harder than it really is.. hopefully I have > made this clear enough to understand, and any help would be greatly > appreciated! Thanks!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
