The best way to accomplish it is with mod_rewrite using Apache. The 2nd best way is to use some IIS rewrite filter (there was a thread on this today). The 3rd best way is to set up a custom 404 handler and then parse the url and point to the right page.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:04 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Virtual "pages", without extensions. How to do it? > > I've been seeing a lot of URLs set up like this in the last yera or so: > > http://www.somesite.com/financing/ > or > http://www.somesite.com/company-info/aboutus/ > > I have a custom tag that allows me to have a URL like this: > http://www.somesite.com/page/aboutus > > where page is the key and aboutus is the page name. But short of creating > actual folders with individual index pages, I don't know how people are > doing this. In the first example, would I create a file named > "financing.cfm" and somehow map it to that URL? Is there a way of > accomplishing this in code? > > I've got a client I'm going to be working with soon that would like nice > search engine friendly pages and I'm just doing my research. Anyone have > ideas? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:272779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
