Say if you visit my site: http://nesmods.com/page/2/ there isn't actually a /page/2/ on my site, Wordpress somehow catches the URL and generates a page based on the URL. What is the name of this technique?
This redirecting is managed by the mod_rewrite Module of Apache. Normally this is done in the .htaccess file. Depending on the configuration of your FTP program you can see them as hidden files in the Wordpress root directory.
Some further explanations and examples: http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite - and Google of course.
Clean URLs apparently. Often done through .htaccess files.
There are a few ways to do this, referred to as URL routing or URL rewriting. Wordpress uses URL routing to map URL structures to it's internal functions that generate content.
It can also be done with the web server itself, such as URL Rewriting with Apache mod_rewrite
Apache hava a module of rewrite url。
It is a good search engine optimization。
This is a detail info about rewrite http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html
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I'm trying to change the name from my url's to for example home instead of index.php. I've read you can do that with the .htaccess file but for that you need Apache stuff and I don't have anything like that.
Isn't there any more easy way to change the url?
Yes, there is an easy way to change the URL without using the .htaccess file. This can typically be done by using a web framework or a CMS (Content Management System) such as WordPress, Laravel, or Django. These frameworks and CMSs have built-in functionality for handling URL routing, which allows you to define custom URLs for your pages.
Another way is to use a URL rewriting module provided by your web server software such as IIS URL Rewrite for IIS web server, or mod_rewrite for Apache. These modules allow you to rewrite URLs on the server side without requiring changes to the actual file structure on the server.
Without more information about your web server, it's difficult to give more specific instructions. But you could check the documentation or the community forum of your web server or the language framework you're using to find more information about how to change the URLs in your application.
I have setup a Symphony framework on my localhost using this tutorial. I am using the PHP default server and MySQL.
The frontend URL is working fine but when I go to the admin URL (http://localhost:8000/symdemo/admin), then my CSS URL is also redirected to the admin page meaning I am not getting CSS code into the response.
The reason as that the default PHP server does not have a URL-rewriting module and index.php is also adding to the CSS path.
How can I fix this?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think you'll find that using a webserver that supports rewrites is quicker than trying to replicate the necessary rewrites in PHP. Rewrites are listed as a requirement in Symphony CMS's readme, and last time I checked Symphony was still dependent on webserver rewrites for some of its routing/files.
You can, of course, use Apache. If you'd like to use a lighter and cleaner webserver that's easy to configure, I recommend Hiawatha, which has a Symphony URL toolkit/rewrite rule set available.
I am developing a php web site. Here I want to make the site as clean URL.
My index page is domain/news/index.php?i=1. I want to display this URL as clean URL. But I am the beginner of URL rewriting. Does anyone help me??? How to write this URL
Thanks in advance
You need to add an .htaccess file into your root and define the rewriting things there. This is not "in PHP" because PHP doesn't provide a url rewriting method. It's the server (Apache) that read url rewriting files such as .htaccess.
References
Url Rewriting Guide
You can take either of two approaches. The first is to make correct rewrite URL for all links in .htaccess, and the second is to redirect all links with .htaccess to index and "possess on it" with PHP.
Rewriting is easy and there are many relevant docs to be found on the web. Please search first.
I created a website using php, passing values from page to page either with POST or GET.
Though there is some cons, I dont know how to track specifically what data has been viewed in GoogleAnalytics as it just shows the name of the page (xxxx.php)
On the other side, I see websites structured differently with a bunch of subdirectories created : www.xxx.com/xxxxxx/xxxxx/xxx
This looks like pretty manual for me , compared to the .php?xxxx=xxxx way of structuring.
Do you know how this subdirectory style structuring can be automatically obtained?
This is done with Apache rewrite rules.
To make it so that whenever a user goes to /posts/visiting_new_york, it actually goes to to /viewpost.php?id=visiting_new_york, you create a file in your site called .htaccess like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule '^posts/([^/]+)$' viewpost.php?id=$1 [L]
Use an MVC framework like rails, or simply configure your webserver's virtual directory structure to be identical to the local servers file system and adhere to that scheme when saving your php files.
Yes, you can do this with "mod_rewrite" in apache.
It involves creating a .htaccess file with URL re-writing rules inside.
So you can transform /index.php?page=contact&lang=en into /en/contact/
Here's a good rewrite cheat sheet: http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/
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You need to read about url rewriting
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html
If you just want to track your dynamic pages , there is another solution in Google analytic
http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55504
I started a blog and when I changed my permalink structure to /%postname%/ I get a Page Not Found error. I want my url to look like this:
http://bobbybeckner.com/sharepoint-list-and-linq-using-jquery-and-ihttphandler/
not this:
http://bobbybeckner.com/index.php/sharepoint-list-and-linq-using-jquery-and-ihttphandler/
I read a few posts about changing .htaccess but found no clear solution. Any code examples welcome or recommendations on wordpress plug-ins would be greatly appreciated.
Update
I thought it would be important to mention that my host is running IIS7 but does not allow users to touch it. In addition, I'm uncertain of any restrictions on the .htaccess file or any other configuration limitations.
.htaccess files only apply to Apache (well, maybe some other servers use it too, but not IIS). AFAIK URL rewriting for IIS is possible, but not as easy.
ISAPIRewrite appears to be a commercial application that does this, but of course, you'd need to get it installed on your server.
Personally, I wouldn't lose any sleep over having /index.php/ in your urls.
Generally when you fill out the structure, if the .htaccess file is writable it will apply the rewrite for you, and if it isn't it will show what the contents should be at the very bottom of the page. Did you check the bottom of the page if it is not writable?
You do NOT have to code this yourself.