I am sorry to do this, but I want to re-list this post. Roger has offered some suggestions, but it appears that they are not available at the moment as I cannot write the htaccess file without compromising security. So here goes and hopefully someone can offer some advice:
previous posts:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10292010&goto=newpost
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10292120&goto=newpost
User specified URL
Hi All,
I am need of some advice. I am wanting to offer users the option of select a url i.e. www.mywebsite.com/usersbizname. The question I have is which of the following options is the best and easiest to implement, or can anyone suggest another option.
Option 1
Crate a folder with the name as they select and generate a static html file from the data they have entered and save it as index.htm within that folder.
The website wont be that busy so there is no major need to reduce server load etc.
Option 2
Now I hope I can explain this one. Again, create a folder with the name as the user selects and then some how, and not even sure if this can be done, use the url as the user selected as the value to select the appropriate record in order to populate a php page. If this is possible, would I have to store the dynamic page in each folder or what page would be in the folder? If this is the option I should go for, could someone let me know what I should be searching for, as I have no idea how to do this?
Any comment suggestions will be welcome.
Thanks in advance
Dill
