Yep that's it. Cool, I might have some uses for this too.
=)
Thanks Bill!
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Alex Boyer
Webmaster
Hobby Products International
70 Icon Street
Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 USA
949 753 1099 x 135
949 753 1098 fax
Latest Option Parts and Bodies!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Guindon [mailto:agorilla gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:43 AM
To: Brian Campbell | Truvisio Interactive
Cc: Alex Boyer; Miva 5.x Users
Subject: Re: [m5u] .htaccess challenged
On 3/15/06, Brian Campbell | Truvisio Interactive
<briantruvisio.com>
wrote:
> Exactly! on other pages it would be nice to simplify
URLs, but not
> necessary...it's the home page we're worried about
the most
I answered this off list (by mistake), and it led to a quick
search
for tutorials.
Here's the answer:
DirectoryIndex
/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=1&Category_
Code=WKLY
and a couple tutorials:
This one is pretty handy:
http
://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_intro.html
even has a nice little tool that let's you fill in a form,
and it'll
build one for you.
http:
//www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_tool.html
Here's another one that looks decent.
htt
p://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml
>
> On Mar 15, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Alex Boyer wrote:
>
> > Could you explain in more detail what exactly you
want to accomplish
> > please? I didn't understand completely when I
read it the first
time.
> >
> > Here's what I think you said:
> >
> > You currently redirect users when they go here:
> > http://pureformusa.com/
> >
> > To this page:
> > http://puref
ormusa.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?
> > Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=1&Categor
> > y_Code=WKLY
> >
> > But you want to keep the URL looking like this:
> > http://pureformusa.com/
> >
> > Is that basically it?
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > Alex Boyer
> > Webmaster
> > Hobby Products International
> > 70 Icon Street
> > Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 USA
> > 949 753 1099 x 135
> > 949 753 1098 fax
> >
> > Latest Option Parts and Bodies!
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-merchant5-userslistmgr.miva.com
> > [mailto:owner-merchant5-userslistmgr.miva.com] On Behalf Of Brian
> > Campbell | Truvisio Interactive
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:56 PM
> > To: Miva 5.x Users
> > Subject: [m5u] .htaccess challenged
> >
> > Ok, I'm certified, card carrying
mod_rewrite/.htaccess retard...i
> > think my handicap has roots in my unreasonable
fear of regular
> > expressions. Anyway, my client wanted to have
featured products on
> > the SFNT page which i accomplished by creating a
category for such
> > products and making all links/redirects on the
site that lead to the
> > home page contain "Category_Code=WKLY"
in them. Now my client wants
> > the home page url to look nice and neat
"like all the others on the
> > 'net"...so instead of the current url (be
gentle, it's a work in
> > progress)...
> >
> > http://puref
ormusa.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?
> >
Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=WKLY
> >
> > they want...
> >
> > http://pureformusa.com/
> >
> > fair enough. any suggestions? any great url
rewriting references
you
> > can spam me with? hit me with anything you've
got...
> >
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