Re: FN-FORUM: Mod-Rewrite

date posted 28th January 2007 23:40

Hi,
Have a look at this link. This should help you understand url rewriting.

mod_rewrite is actually a module in apache, via which you can do url
rewriting and benefit from it.

If you have a dynamic site, you can have static looking links, which
look static, but only to outside world. Once these static links hit
apache, they get converted into dynamic links and the response comes
from php, java etc

e.g. If you have an ecommerce site, and are selling lets say watches.

You can make links like :
http://www.url.com/watches/casio

and use it in your page. But, when somebody clicks on this link, and
hits apache, mod_rewrite converts into

http://www.url.com/getdynamicproducts?category=123,
where 123 is the category id for casio watches.

Hopefully this gives you an idea. mod_rewrite is incredibly small
piece of software, but it is extremely powerful, and how want to use
it to suit your needs is entirely up to you.

this document here is extremely good.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

and just found this link (for you)
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Apache/Search-Engine-Friendly-URLs-with-mod-rewrite/

have fun.
ramnish.


On 25 Jan 2007 18:23:29 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>
> Hi,
>
> Nearly finished my site written in css, php and MySQL. Also just learned
> that SE spiders will ignore nearly all the content.
>
> Just found something called Mod-Rewrite, which will (I think) resolve my
> problem, but all I've read at present doesn't say how you write it, or where
> you place the script after you've written it?
>
> Can anyone help me with these two simple (I think) questions....
>
> TIA
>
> DG)
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