Hi all I am playing with mod_rewrite to make user/SE friendly urls of a database driven website.
I have noticed that CMSs like WordPress (I'm *not* using WP for this project) make use of absolute urls, and that someone on WP's forum mentioned that absolute urls are important for RSS feeds. I always thought relative urls were best as they preserved bandwidth etc. However, it also seems that mod_rewrite is easier to configure with absolute urls too. I'd be interested in what many of you feel is best practice in the use of the following, in combination: 1. User/SE friendly urls (eg http://www.domain.com/folder/1/3/ as opposed to http://www.domain.com/folder/index.php?$a=1&$b=3) 2. Relative vs absolute urls (eg http://www.domain.com/images/1.jpg vs ../images/1.jpg) Should *all* pages be in a flat file system to avoid ../../ etc, or should I use index.php inside its own folder as the default file name for each page? 3. RSS feed requirements Is it true that RSS requires the use of absolute urls? --- Also, on another note, I've noticed a lot of sites use "/" as a link back to the home page, which works fine on my remote server. But I like to maintain a copy of my main project site locally, and the slash does not work on my internal server. How would I get around having to have two different copies of my website? Is there an option other than using <VirtualHost> which I can't seem to find an up-to-date, easy-to-understand explanation for configuring with OSX Tiger? Many thanks for any assistance. Sarah -- XERT Communications email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mobile: 0438 017 416 <http://www.xert.com.au/> web development : digital imaging : dvd production ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
