Oooops, maybe I should have prefaced my post with the reasoning behind wanting a static site. The main reason is obvious and understandable - so that search-engine spiders don't pass over the content. It's important that this info is readily available on all major search engines, as the content will be narrowly focused in nature. So as you can see - this custom tag would help A LOT in our content management system.
*the rest of this email is optional for anyone else* Re: "It's not really a custom tag". If you want to get REALLY technical, is anything really a custom tag? I mean - isn't a custom tag (other than those written in C++) basically a piece of CF code with it's own protected scoped variables? Isn't any fusebox circuit technically... a custom tag? Custom tags to me are almost virtual - sort of like fusebox - but that's just me. Maybe I'm missing some huge, common realization that I have been left in the dark about - I hate when that happens ;> Please share with me so I can be enlightened? I'm going to email Steve Nelson right now to demand that he edits his description from "custom tag" - to "technique with CF code in it, that changes certain characters in your URL's so that search engines will spider your pages" so that it's more politically correct and doesn't create such a huge entity for harboring confusion. ahhhhhhhhhh - the madness of it all - to think that he called this a custom tag - how DARE he - I think this calls for a fusebox lynch mob or at least a good ol' tar and feathering!!!!!!!!!!! I tend to get off on tangents quite often that I seldom go back and proofread, sorry it confused you - this clarification probably confused you more - my bad ;> Adam. -----Original Message----- From: Erik Voldengen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:25 AM To: Fusebox Subject: RE: FormUrl2AttributesSearch It's not really a custom tag. You basically just need to through in an include of sesConverter.cfm in your index.cfm file, and code your urls that way. I am really confused by your post. How would this type of url help with a content management system? All it really does is manipulate stats applications and some search engines into reporting something we want them to report. -Erik > -----Original Message----- > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:01 AM > To: Fusebox > Subject: FormUrl2AttributesSearch > > > Hey all, I'm trying to argue the side of using this custom tag instead of > building a content management system that publishes static HTM pages. > Basically, it will be the same system... the content will be stored in a > database, but instead of publishing that content to a static .htm page, I > want to just query it from a dynamic CF template so I can eliminate all of > the headaches that are associated with completely static sites > (maintaining > links, etc). I just think that publish feature will ultimately be the fate > of this system, and it will grow to be a complex beast that nobody ever > wants to touch. I don't know, maybe I'm biased since most of my sites have > been dynamic in nature - I just like the manageability. > > My question is this - has anyone worked with this custom tag. Is there > anything I'm missing that I should be concerned about? > > I thought about using a custom tag to build our dynamic links so > if we ever > need to revert back to the old format, we would just flip a switch in app > globals and poof - all of our hyperlinks will be built the "correct" way. > That might break other's links to our site's content, but I'm > sure we could > accommodate for them somehow. > > > Today I noticed slashdot had linked to this article: > > http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/13671/story.htm > > Right away I was tickled, and hopefully it helps my case. It's > also good to > see a site that uses CF, probably without much load on average, be able to > withstand such a pounding from slashdot. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
