Hi,

Hope someone can give us a hand!

I've done a good look round the web, but just got more confused, and didnt quite find what I need (I think!)

Basically, I want to make shorter urls.

I have URLS like this:
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/list.pl?id=1
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/list.pl?id=2
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/list.pl?id=3
..etc

What I want to try and do, is this:
http://www.domain.com/list/1
http://www.domain.com/list/2
http://www.domain.com/list/3
...etc and have them redirect to the correct full url

I'm sure this is something to do with the .htaccess file, and the rewrite option, but I can't quite find the correct syntax I need.
I can find similar, usually more complicated examples, but so far no luck!

Any ideas welcome
Cheers
Mikey

Does your server allow server redirecsts? If not you will need to get a redirect code at hotscripts or scriptsearch

As far as I know, yes.

I just don't know the syntax to put in for the rewrite in the .htacess file.

Sorry to bump this up, can anyone point me in the right direction?

SitePoint has a nice article on mod_rewrite. I think you're looking for something like this;

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /list/([0-9]+) /cgi-bin/list.pl?id=$1
</IfModule>

Hi Chroder,

Thanks for the tip, and the article, very useful.
I'll let you know how I get on

Many thanks
Mike