Mod_ReWrite

Hi Mark

When you are starting out it's quite good to have something helpful in your new url so it doesn't get confused with other urls on the site.

so instead of www.sitename.com/cat-name/ try
www.sitename.com/keyword/id/cat-name/

and then in your .htaccess file you can have

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>[/color]
[color=black]RewriteEngine On[/color]
[color=black]RewriteBase /[/color]
[color=black]RewriteRule ^keyword/(.*)/(.*)$ /category.php?id=$1&name=$2[/color]
[color=black]</IfModule>

Code (markup):

The keyword can be changed to time or files or whatever you want stuffed in there. Using the ID too can be useful because sometimes names get duplicated.

As for generating the new urls, you just need to find all the places in your code where you write a link and update the code. It can be timeconsuming depending on the software you are working with.

Sarah

 

Happy to help. Have downloaded your timesheet software and looking forward to taking a look at that too - so we've helped each other