On 06/11/2007, James Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6 Nov 2007, at 00:07, Andrew Bowden wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of James Cox > > 'course, bbc.co.uk has had some kind of redirect magic for a while: > http://bbc.co.uk/zanelowe/ > > > > First time I've seen a big fat httpd.conf called magic :) > > > > and there I was thinking you had some nice routing controller thin-app > which had some clever logging, tracking and management of such urls.... :) >
1544804416 entries would be a bit much for a httpd.conf file, I suspect what would be required is a ... database. though i suspect the problem (and usage of tinyurl) is that to get > one of those nice urls hooked up, you gotta email someone a request, > who needs to get approval from a manager.... > > > > Well lets just say there is a process and it has to be done sensibly else > you'd get loads of random redirects. Although I still think > bbc.co.uk/breakfast should go to a big portal page for all the BBC's > breakfast shows :) > > > > > > > -- > > *James Cox, > *Internet Consultant > t: 07968 349990 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://imaj.es/ > > > > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
