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keenk

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this is a slightly more general question but as i am programming it in php, it is related.

i am wondering what is the best way to create clean user-specific urls for each user registered on a website.  i explain.  take del.icio.us for example.  a user's main url is 'http://del.icio.us/username' and match with its rss feed 'http://del.icio.us/rss/username'.  i am wondering if when the user registers, different folders are created (/username, and /rss/username) with files in them.  how does it work?
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Nope, they probably use [url=http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html]mod_rewrite[/url], an addon for Apache which allows for rewriting of URLs to the backend.

Note that when you rewrite a URL e.g: [b]/user3/[/b] to backend [b]?user.php?id=3[/b] that the browser will look for images etc. in www.site.com/user3/ so you have to hardcode your resources. It's handy to know before you start.
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