create folder and populate with file

[derwent]

I would like registered users to be able to create a little profile of themselves with their own url, however I am trying to keep away from querystring urls such as profile.asp?id=1538365343763

Is it possible to create a folder and then place a default.asp file inside that?

The process is this:

they complete an online form with their info
press submit
a physical folder is created
their profile url is eg. mysite.com/bob/
instead of mysite.com/profile.asp?id=t374637463

Is this possible and if so, are there any tutorial sites offering help?

Thanks folks

 

[vbkris]

i dont think u can do away with the profile.asp, but u can do away with the id part of it, use sessions...

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[neilharris]

You should be able to do it easily using the FileSystemObject.

 

[derwent]

I want the user to be able to have their own permanent url to be able to give to people hence wanting to do away with the querystring.

neil, do you know any good sites that will help??

thanks folks

 

[neilharris]

If you search around the site there should be plenty of info about the FileSystemObject. You could use this to implement your first suggestion which would do away with the necessity for the querystring.

 

[vbkris]

i dont think thats possible (showing a different url while accessing an ASP page)...

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

[neilharris]

You don't need to show a different URL, you can create the relevant sub-directory and asp page that is specific to the users profile.

 

[Tarwn]

Ouch, that makes it a pain when it comes time to change anything.

My suggestion, if your going to go with physical directories for users, is to put an index.asp or default.asp page in there but make it load everything from includes that are in the parent path, that way if you need to change something you can still change it in one spot, but you still get your physical directories.

http://www.w3schools.com/

has good references for all the FileSystemObjects, just hit the ASP link and look for it in the right column.

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[DreXor]

tarwn got it on the head there...

i've been doing this for ages with a self-replicating index.asp page i use site wide... if special variables are used to "get" to a folder, those are written as value assignments into the creation of the index.asp in the subfolder via FSO.

i can post some sample code for this but it's pretty simple once you get the fso in place and the folder created.

DreX
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[derwent]

Thanks folks, I`ll look at the FSO and see if I can figure out what I need to do.

I guess the header, footer, etc would be includes and the changing content would link back to the database pulling out the unique content for each page.