URL rewrite


pastpens
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2012-08-26 5:41 am

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hi i am beginner. someone built a website for me. it is written in php & mySQL. the categories are retrieved and generated by the database.
i would like to rewrite url for seo optimization. in my site there are 4 categories with url:
www.mysite.com/products.php?cid=1
www.mysite.com/products.php?cid=2
www.mysite.com/products.php?cid=3
www.mysite.com/products.php?cid=4

i would like to make it show up like this:
www.mysite.com/apple
www.mysite.com/banana
www.mysite.com/pear
www.mysite.com/orange

how can i do this, in a more simple way. is that simply changing .htaccess file, or is that related to rewrite mapping function. pls can you give me hint and exact example would be great. thanks

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Scott
2012-08-28 3:11 pm
Hello pastpens,

While the redirect code can certainly be inserted into the htaccess,the site itself will need to know how to handle the "apple" (etc) categories.

That would be beyond the scope of our support as it will require a coder to build that functionality into the site.

Best Regards,
Scott M

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