I want to create a content management system that produces user/search engine-friendly URL's like these: www.geozoo.org/stacks/Carnivora/ www.geozoo.org/kids/Carnivora/ www.geozoo.org/stacks/Canidae/ www.geozoo.org/kids/Canidae/ www.geozoo.org/stacks/Canis_lupus/ www.geozoo.org/kids/Canis_lupus/ As you can see, there will be two versions of each article, one for adults, the other for kids. I think this is done with Apache's mod_rewrite function, right? I'm currently playing with Mambo and Drupal, each of which apparently has its own system for doing this. Mambo has two basic versions - 404SEF and Xaneon - both of which are all over the map. They come in different versions, some of which are no longer supported and appear to be very hard to install. If I have to go to all that trouble to make search engine-friendly links, I'd prefer to use a method that's universally understood - like mod_rewrite. So before I dive in any deeper, I wonder if anyone can confirm that mod_rewrite does indeed to what I think it does. I can then try to figure out how to use it with whatever content management system. Do options like 404SEF have any advantages over mod_rewrite? One other question: I read somewhere that you can actually produce several URL's for one article. For example, an article about the wolf might be accessed at any of the following: www.geozoo.org/stacks/wolf/ www.geozoo.org/stacks/Canis_lupus/ www.geozoo.org/stacks/top_predator/ I think I read about this on Plone's website, but Plone is way over my head. Is this something you can do with mod_rewrite or some other technology that isn't restricted to a particular CMS? Can it be done with a database? (I'll have the wolf listed under wolf, Canis_lupus, top predator, etc.) Thanks. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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