Re: page forwarding

Subject: Re: page forwarding

I'm pretty sure I saw some free scripts that do just this at:-

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/

Worth checking out anyway

Peter Newton


> At 05:20 PM 1/6/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Harold A. Driscoll wrote:
> >> At 18:10 06-01-00 , Noteworthy Web Designs wrote:
> >> >I have a customer who would like a "Send This Page to
> >> >a Friend"feature.This is probably cgi, right? How is this done?
> >>
> >> No, this is typically done in the server configuration. How depends on
the
> >> server you are using. What the server does is return a status code of
"page
> >> moved" with the Location: header giving the absolute URL of the new
page.
> >
> >Hmm. Don't think thats what he's looking for.
> >
> >Yes, it can be done with cgi. I'd recommend taking a look at some script
> >archives to start with. I've never had a need for it myself, but I think
I
> >have a customer who uses a cgi script to do that pretty easily.
>
> Assuming you have some sort of.... series of articles for example, say a
> daily column, which is a simple database - when you go to the web page for
> example, it calls a cgi which puts the menu and header stuff in, chucks in
> a random advertisement, and then loads the text file for the column for
the
> day, and then puts some footer stuff in.
>
> It would be very simple to add to this with another cgi, which used all
the
> same information, and loaded the text file as straight text, puts in the
> add and some information about where it's come from etc, and emails it
out.
> It would simply be differently formatted - wouldn't put in html tags, and
> might skip some of the menu info.
>
> Like someone said, there's probably a CGI script out there which does it
> fine, but I'm just thinking out aloud how it could be done, in case I ever
> get time to take up such a vaguely interesting/useful project.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Kyle
>
>

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