Default page for URL pointing to missing folder/file

[esteiner]

Hello,

We are interested in reducing the amount of space that we use on the web server. We currently have 100,000+ files on the server, one for each part number.

We currently use the following URL format for each file:

http://www.domain.com/12345.shtml

We are considering using the following new URL format to reduce the # of files:

http://www.domain.com/search/12345

We do not plan on creating a folder named "12345". A default "landing page" would be used in the "search" folder that runs a script to extract the part number "12345" and populate a form. We can create this landing page/script ourselves. It is also of course important to us that the search engines recognize this method and include each page in its index.

What changes need to be made on the web server to accomplish this? Any help would be appreciated as we want to reduce bandwidth use and server space.

Best regards,

Charlie

 

[CreswellNet]

There are many ways to do this:

Are you trying to make one page serve the content?
You could use a conditional include.

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/022504-1.shtml

Are you trying to make a simple url redirect to a longer url?

you could:

If you are removing the shtml pages you Create a 404 page with js like this:

var strReferrer=document.referrer.toLowerCase();
//temporary link
if(location.href.indexOf("pirates")>0)
window.location="

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/"

You could put relevant parts of the url in to redirect to the new url


If you ask your question more specifically, we can give you a more specific answer.

 

[CreswellNet]

Sorry, I reread your request, and it is specific.
Try this:

http://www.iismods.com/url-rewrite/examples.htm

to rewrite urls, and you can deliver the content on a dynamic page.