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[Mitch Pirtle]

On 1/27/07, David A. Roth <rothmail at comcast.net> wrote:
> (As I continue to learn by mucking around...:-) )

Excellent, that's the best way :-)

> A domain has an FAQ, where the URL needs to stay as domain.com/faq.
>
> What is the best way to do this? Enable SEO, copy htaccess.txt to
> .htaccess and do a redirect of of domain.com/faq to
> domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ ?

That is the easiest way to do it IMHO.

> What about this example, a Joomla web site where many alumni profiles
> will be created (based on data collected from a survey form.) How can
> this be made to friendly URLs such as
> domain.com/jerry
> domain.com/elaine
> domain.com/kramer
> domain.com/uncleleo
>
> instead of URLs like domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ etc?
>
> Is the solution to set-up a huge redirect list ?

That is one option, another is to try one of the SEF enhancements
(like OpenSEF, SEF Advanced, or many others) and see if they can do
what you want. There are other, more drastic measures, but you should
work with something that is easier to maintain for now...

-- Mitch