it can also be used for dealing with changing url's for specific pages, eg to save getting 404's when trying oldpage.html, it can redirect to newpage.cfm, etc. and much more by the looks of it. So would be simple to have it redirect from http://www.site.com/shorturl.cfm?ID=123 to http://www.site.com/longurl.cfm?withallsortsofstuffinthequerystring&waytoolongtorememberetcetc
Duncan Cumming IT Manager http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0141 575 9700 Fax: 0141 575 9600 Creative solutions in a technical world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk Reseller options available! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Russ 'Snake' Michaels" To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <snake@snakep cc: it.net> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] aliases for complex urls 08/01/02 02:35 PM Please respond to dev you mean MODrewrite ? but that's not quite the same I believe. That is for creating virtual hosts. So www.mydomain.com actually points to www.host.com/~userdirectory > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Fennell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] aliases for complex urls > > > _ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin MacCarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 August 2002 13:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] aliases for complex urls > > > Maybe you chould use URL rewriting ? > > Justin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Taz -=TT=- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:34 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] aliases for complex urls > > > > > > Dave, > > > > I see your point, but I think its something people have learned to live > > with. Most dynamic sites have long and complex URLs but the users > > generally > > get around the site ising the navigation tools. If a user wants > > to come back > > to a specific place, they're likely to bookmark it. > > > > What I have done with a couple of sites (where the client has put full > > template URLs in their printed literature) is replace the old .html file > > with one of the same name containing a meta refresh which takes > it to the > > right place. Other than that I'd suggest that you talk it over with the > > client to see if they think its important. > > > > You could also check the logfiles and get an idea of what pages have no > > referring URLs (i.e. typed into the address bar or bookmarked). If it > > becomes aparent that this does happen alot on certain pages you > > can work it > > out from there. > > > > Taz > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
