There are 2 great quote on the mod_rewrite site : ``The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.''
-- Brian Behlendorf Apache Group `` Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo. '' -- Brian Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any of you who had the pleasure of editing sendmail.cf files will like that one... Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] aliases for complex urls > > > > 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?withallsortsofstuffinthequerystrin g&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] > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
