Re: Re: Submitting variables via /'s

John A. Grant wrote:

    Are you saying that a site can not be catalogued by a spider
    if if ?var=x syntax is used? So if I put all of the pages in a
    database and used links like this:
        xxx.php?page=1
    then those pages would all be invisible to the spider? But if
    I use this syntax:
        xxx.php/1
    then they are visible?

It's not a matter of can't, it's a matter of won't. Many search engines won't follow links that are clearly queries (?var=whatever), for good or ill. Using a pathinfo means of setting vars will generally fool those engines into visiting everywhere on your site. Here's some more info on it: http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/searchengine.php HTH, -- _______ ___ _ ____ _____ Chris Hobbs / ____\ \ / / | | |/ ___\| __ \ Head Geek | (___ \ \ / /| | | | (___ | | | | WebMaster \___ \ \ \/ / | | | |\___ \| | | | PostMaster ____) | \ / | |__| |____) | |__| | \____/ \/ \____/ \____/|_____/ http://www.silvervalley.k12.ca.us chobbs@silvervalley.k12.ca.us