[LINK] Todd Redirections, was: Re: On with the Search Wars - A9.COM

[Adam Todd]

At 09:51 27/04/2004 +1000, Karl Schaffarczyk wrote:
>Jeff,
>I think Adam is re-inventing the wheel again.
>
>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Nup.  Sure I'm using mod_rewrite.  It's doing quite a complex algorithm, 
for mod_rewrite, according to a few "pro-rewriters" I've been milking.  Two 
said what I'm trying to do can't be done.  Which in a sense is correct.  If 
you accept that mod_rewrite is the only part of the process.  However it's 
the CGI that does the real magic :)

I'm just grateful mod-rewrite exists :)  It's saved me a lot of coding, and 
in fact I've actually removed some code that did pretty much the same job, 
but in the opposite direction.  From a complex machine created URL to a 
series of switch and if statements to work out and construct the users 
requirements.

Switching it the other way has created a totally heterogeneous process that 
adjusts to the users actions.

I've even got a "self" building routine that modifies the CGI itself based 
on "CREATION" of pages and other templates!