Well, your URL is simple a rewrite of index.cfm?foo=foo, it is not a permanent location for this document in that if I bookmark this page and you delete foo, I will be 100% guaranteed to get it again. This is simple a facade onto the normal query string approach. The fact you still have index.cfm in the URL points to a hack.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley To: CF-Talk Sent: Sat Jan 20 23:50:52 2007 Subject: Re: Apache config 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:267065 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
