Mark, But it would be more than just having a filter. You would need to extend the html:link functionality, for example. And whatever else there is in Struts that generates links with parameters.
BTW, what do you mean when you say "get mod_rewrite"? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:10 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Google-friendly links using Struts While its true that most search engines deal with this sort of thing, i think its also still true that you get more pages indexed if you avoid request parameters.. I was trying to get mod_rewrite playing ball the other day with some success. I'd try a filter (i'm going to when i get a chance.. /webapp/action.do/paramname/paramvalue will be understood as /webapp/action.do?parametername=paramvalue I still need to get around to doing this but I'll post something more practical when I've actually done something.. hopefully forwarding the adjusted url to the action servlet will work.. Give me an hour i'll get back to you if i have any joy.. Mark On 28 Sep 2004, at 21:35, Don Brown wrote: > You could try passing parameters via the URL then using Struts' > wildcard action mapping to pull them out. I use it to support a > ReST-style web service interface to my application. > > Don > > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:31:14 -0700, Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> From: "Chaikin, Yaakov Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> When designing a web application, as a lot of people know, it is no >>> longer >> a >>> good idea to use (or let your framework use) a "?" to append >>> parameters to >>> the URL. The reason is that Google, being the dominating search >>> engine, >>> ignores everything past the "?", thus making the rest of the web site >>> un-indexed in most search engines (since google is used to run most >>> search >>> engines). >> >> I just went to Google and ran several searches, all of which turned up >> results containing question marks. >> >> -- >> Wendy Smoak >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
