Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: > Granted, while it is a cleaner URL it is in no way friendly, it's an ugly > hack.
An ugly hack? How so? A URL (or more properly a URI) is meant to provide a descriptive and permanent location for a piece of content. The url I provided does exactly that. One of the reasons I'm fond of search engine friendly url's is that they are not tied to a particular physical directory structure. If you move a piece of content around on your hard drive or you switch to a different CMS system that organizes content differently there is no good reason for the URI to change. The content is the same and its URI should stay the same. That's one of the powers of a rewriter, it allows you to make descriptive uri's while abstracting away from the underlying technology. Which is how it should be. Take a look at Tim Berners-Lee article on the subject called Hypertext Style: Cool URIs don't change. http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4