Look into URL rewriting. That's most likely how they're doing it. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
On Nov 17, 2:41 pm, BigJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm trying to build a weblog app similar to xanga, and was wondering > how does the site handle a url likehttp://www.xanga.com/jediwa72, > where the username "jediwa72" is not a file name nor is it passed in > as a URL parameter (?UserId=jediwa72). On top of that, how does the > site decide to show either the "main" or jediwa72's page based on > that? You would think they would have to use the hide property, which > would be totally inefficient, or redirect to another page, which they > are not. any insight?
