Unique URL (SEO) over two templates.

Hi,

I have a content page with show part content of an article with a friendly URL address (for example):-

http://test.site.co.uk/my-article.aspx

The article titles are unique in the database. My problem is I want to show it on template A which only shows a small amount of it with a hyperlink to show the full article. If I put the same url in it takes it to the same location:-

http://test.site.co.uk/my-article.aspx

Is there a way of trapping the click of the hyperlink and setting some sort of parameter which I can pickup in my url rewrite routine. for example

private sub hyperlink.click

myparameter = "Template Name"

Then in my url rewrite be able to see myparameter and say load the content with the full article template.

I hope it makes some sort of sense.

Thanks for any help,

Jiggy!

Hello,

Rather than "trap" the click of the Hyperlink, in the page load event of the template page, you can alter the NavigateUrl property of the Hyperlink to add the necessary parameter to the QueryString. Then, when the page reloads, you can inspect the QueryString, or perhaps a session variable depending on how your url re-write is working, take the necessary action.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Thank you for a that. I didn't want to use querystrings because I believe they are not SEO friendly (maybe wrong). With regards to the session parameter I wasn't sure of how long they lastest and also how would I set the session parameter when I cannot detect the click event of a hyperlink. Basically I want to say load page x but with this template so in the rewrite url I could pick up on the template and use a different url to launch it.

In the end I changed the design to show just small images / hyperlink / short description. This is a new webpage so has a different url. Then each of the hyperlinks has a unique title so they all end up with a unique friendly url.

Thanks again,

Roger

Hello,

The length that a session variable remains available in an application is dependent on how the system is configured.

Have a look here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972429.aspx

As for whether Query String parameters are SEO friendly, the answer to that is "it depends". Have a look at this article:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/carlosag/arc...o-toolkit.aspx

Gary

Cheers mate :) :)

Nice one and pretty cool..But i believe to Gep 13 and i also think that is not SEO friendly..But al in all you make a good work and two thumbs up for you..