Mod-Rewrite

Are absolute paths still preferred over dynamic links
(example.html?example=this) ?

I was considering straining my brain to figure out mod-rewrite if this is
the case.

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William Edsall

Its still worth using an absolute path if you have more than one operand

most search engines prefer (example.html)

to (example.html?example=this&another=this&anotherone =this)

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"William Edsall" <wedsall (AT) backbonenow (DOT) com> wrote

Are absolute paths still preferred over dynamic links
(example.html?example=this) ?

I was considering straining my brain to figure out mod-rewrite if this is
the case.

--
William Edsall

Cool, I agree and see your points.
I've surfed through apache's documentation on mod-rewrite for hours and
havent had luck. Could anyone show me an example of how it should be done?

William Edsall

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Are absolute paths still preferred over dynamic links
(example.html?example=this) ?

I was considering straining my brain to figure out mod-rewrite if this
is
the case.

regardless of search engines, it's easier for humans to remember!

for some of my escort sites - what looks betteR?

http://www.domain.com/escorts.php?ty...=1234&name=tom

or

www.domain.com/lads/tom

i know which one the human visitors will remember!

Joe,
Thanks for your info you seem to have this down pact. My only remaining
question is.. do i need to set up an exception for every variable and every
possible situation?
The website in question is www.fuseroil.com and a typical link would be
http://fuseroil.com/Merchant2/mercha...ode=F&Category
_Code=Canon

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William Edsall

"NorwichLad" <usenet (AT) periods (DOT) info> wrote

"William Edsall" <wedsall (AT) backbonenow (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Cool, I agree and see your points.
I've surfed through apache's documentation on mod-rewrite for hours and
havent had luck. Could anyone show me an example of how it should be
done?


sure

make a file called ".htaccess" with this in it:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+).*$ /where.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^lads/([^/]+).*$ /showlad/lads.php?id=$1

The first line turns the Rewrite on
The second line says that were the www.url.com/12 (ie url then number)
happens, move the number to where.php and call the number the variable
id -
so it's the same as www.url.com/where.php?id=12
The third line is the same as the second, but starting at
www.url.com/lads/name to www.url.com/showlad/lads.php?id=name

Hope this helps!

Joe