I don't understand this file system, but it sounds like you're referring to folders that list articles about various species. In fact, my pages will consist of a variety of articles, as well as snippets of information from a MySQL database. For example, consider two static pages, each with a different $mycode value on the head section: $mycode = 'wolf'; $mycode = 'tiger'; One would draw data related to the wolf from the database, while the other would display information about the tiger. I haven't yet figured out how CMS's use a single page or template to display different articles. But it seems like it could be done by simply replacing $mycode = 'wolf'; with a variable - $mycode = '[VARIABLE]'; Then, if a visitor clicked a link to kangaroo, that would somehow be translated to $mycode = 'kangaroo';. And since my database will include a variety of scientific names and common names - like wolf, Canis lupus, etc. - it should be relatively easy to insert those in my URL's. For example, a URL might look something like this: www.geozoo.org/stacks;id=Canis_lupus I would then like to use mod_rewrite to clean it up so that it displays it like this: www.geozoo.org/stacks/Canis_lupus It would also be cool if it could display additional search engine-friendly links from my database, like... www.geozoo.org/stacks/wolf www.geozoo.org/stacks/Canis_lupus www.geozoo.org/stacks/loupe But the message I'm getting is that this is hard to do with mod_rewrite, so I'd be better off sticking with a CMS. Thanks. --- Sean Conner <sean@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It was thus said that the Great David Blomstrom once > stated: > > > > 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. > > So far, what you describe could be done by the > file system. You have your > "htdocs" directory, under that you have "kids" and > "stacks" then under each > of those you have "Carnivore", "Canidae" and > "Canis_lupus". If an article > appears under both unchanged, you can save space by > using symbolic links (or > shortcuts if you're under Windows). I don't see > where mod_rewrite comes in. > > -spc > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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