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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:04 am
by bokehman
I believe this is a valid use of a query string though. http://myhomewebserver.co.uk/dns_test?d ... net&type=A

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 12:10 pm
by Ambush Commander
To bokehman, yeah it is.
For me the most professional way is any way that is easy for the viewer. So 'cats.com/pedigree/persian' is a lot easier than 'www.cats.com/index.php?type=pedigree&breed=persian'. If anyone prefers typing the second one please see a psychiatrist!
The problem with doing it the folders way is that it suggests a hierarchy of pages, and goodness there are many setups that don't follow a clean hierarchy.

There is also a big inconvenience when it comes to doing things that way, and it's making sure all the URLs resolve to the same places. Sure, you can always go "/pedigree/persian" but that assumes that the root of the program is the root of the web tree, which, unfortunantely and especially for prepackaged programs, is not always the case. It's a bit of an inconvenience having to go through all your URLs and making them work out. (It's not impossible, of course)