mod rewrite - URL and HREF questions

URL rewrite and dynamic HREFs.

[password1]

Hi all,

I'm working with mod_rewrite and I can view the site using the altered URL e.g. fullstory.php?docid=13 ¦ /docid/13/.

Can mod_rewrite alter the dynamic address behind the scenes so the dynamic HREFs and GETs don't break? If that makes sense... Or is there some type of workaround?

Thanks.

[password1]

"mod_rewrite acts in the URL-to-file translation phase of the Apache API, and can change the default URL-to-filename mapping. It acts after a URL is requested from your server, but before any content-handlers are invoked to output page content and before any scripts are executed. It does not change the links on your pages."

One of JdMorgans posts. It's becoming clearer now.

[password1]

Alright... I'm still lost and any help would be greatly appreciated.

From searching it sounds like I may need a script to do this. Am I on the right track here?

Cheers.

[jdMorgan]

The whole point of using 'static-looking' URLs is to make it easier for search engine spiders to crawl your site -- They often get lost or leave early if fed too many query-string parameters, parameters that vary in order, session ID parameters, and the like. They like "static-looking" links.

So the idea is to always use static-looking HREFS for all of your on-page links. Once such a link is clicked and that static-looking URL is requested from your server, mod_rewrite then converts it to the dynamic URL-path needed for your page-generation script to function properly. The URL-path only exists in dynamic form when it must -- while invoking the page-generation script.

The "Changing dynamic URLs to static URLs" post in the Apache forum section of the WebmasterWorld library [webmasterworld.com] may prove quite useful to you, if read carefully and thoroughly (specific terms have very specific meanings, not to be confused).

Jim

[password1]

I'm off to read.

Thanks.

[password1]

The URL now shows the docid # and the title of the requested page seperated by -'s. Works like a charm. Cheers.