I agree Matt. The way the example site does this is through a random string creater witha database... its based logic in their default document.. I suspect index.php...
they even use the dreaded ? mark which is the giveaway as to how part of it is functioning.... Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com 412-292-3135 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: Ian Lurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:02:25 -0800 Subject: Re: Shorter urls? > You're right - I just tested it. > > > > On 10/29/02 10:52 AM, "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't believe encrypting the URL as this UDF does is the way to > go. If > > I read it correctly, the order of the URL variables in the query > string > > will affect the encrypted value. The code I posted in response to > the > > original question does not suffer from this problem. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:45 PM > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: Re: Shorter urls? > >> > >> Thanks - I found the UDF I was looking for: > >> > >> > >> http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=212&enable=1 > >> > >> > >> On 10/29/02 10:39 AM, "Benjamin S. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> If you put a ".cfm" on the end, you can handle the request in the > >>> Application.cfm page. If you are using IIS, you have to tell it > not > > to > >>> check to make sure the page exists. This is a setting specific to > > the > >>> application mapping. > >>> > >>> Or, you can use an ISAPI extension (IIS) or mod_rewrite (Apache) > to > >>> rewrite the URL before it even gets to ColdFusion. There's a free > > one > >>> for IIS called ISAPI_Rewrite (http://www.isapirewrite.com). > >>> > >>> Benjamin S. Rogers > >>> http://www.c4.net/ > >>> v.508.240.0051 > >>> f.508.240.0057 > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:27 PM > >>> To: CF-Talk > >>> Subject: Shorter urls? > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I've searched the devcenter, google, etc. but can't seem to find > any > >>> discussion of how to generate shorter URL strings. I want to > take: > >>> > >>> http://www.site.com?action=blah&brand=1&name=blahblah&;.... > >>> > >>> And convert it to > >>> > >>> http://www.site.com/asdfwer234123 > >>> > >>> I've seen it done but just can't remember where. Can someone send > me > > a > >>> url? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> > >>> Ian > >> > >> -- > >> Portent Interactive > >> Effective web sites through Conversation Marketing > >> http://www.portentinteractive.com > >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
