Coldfusion URL Redirects

In your application.cfm,  having something like the following:

<cfif CGI.Script_name IS '/site1'>
    <cflocation url = "www.experts.com/services/list/details.cfm?id_listing=85">
<cfelseif CGI.Script_name IS '/somethingelse'>
    <cflocation url = "somewhere else">
....etc...
</cfif>

That's not tested, so play around with it first. But application.cfm will catch every page request before it happens and is a nice central place for updating these links.

Hi,

The first solution (SBennent) I'll have to research more since it's missing a component... namely the, "www.mysite.com/site1     to   www.mysite/link/link/index_site1.cfm".

I like the second one as well, but haven't got it working from the example provided.  

I'll keep experimenting.  Thanks for the examples.

As pbaylis suggested you would use the cgi.script_name variable to determine what url they navigated to.

<cfif cgi.script_name eq '/site1'>
    <cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved permanently">
    <cfheader name="Location" value="http://www.experts.com/services/list/details.cfm?id_listing=85">
    <cfabort>
</cfif>

For this kind of redirect I prefer to use a 301 redirect, but the cflocation pbaylis suggested would work fine too.

Pbaylis's solution doesn't work b/c CGI.Script_Name  returns /folder/index.cfm... It needs the file name in order to work, not the folder.  I need this to work based on the folder alone, b/c there isn't really a folder at all.

Hold the phone.  It does work so long as it's like this:  www.site.com/folder/  (needs the second forward slash).

I'm worried that having 300 of these in Application.cfm could slow the load process down a bit.  I'm thinking maybe I should write an app. with a few inputs that creates a folder+index page with the appropriate redirect.  Yes, it wouldn't be elegant - there would be a LOT of folders, but it may be faster.  

You could also set up a redirects table and query the database for the correct url to redirect to.

If you're worried about slow loading because of bulk CFIF statements, I believe CFSwitch statements are faster. And give it a trial run. Turn debugging on in your CF Administrator (if you have access to it) and test the page without all the code in the application.cfm (or anywhere else), then test it again with all the conditional code. See what the difference is. If you don't have access to CFAdministrator, there are manual ways to code for determining page loading speed. See this thread: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Server_Software/Web_Servers/ColdFusion/Q_21174516.html.

<cfswitch expression = "#cgi.script_name#">
   <cfcase value = "/site1">
      <cflocation url="www.experts.com/services/list/details.cfm?id_listing=85">
   </cfcase>
   <cfcase value = "/site2">
      <cflocation url="www.experts.com/services/list/details.cfm?id_listing=86">
   </cfcase>
  <cfdefaultcase> <!--- if required --->
    <cflocation url="default_url">
  </cfdefaultcase>
</cfswitch>

This doesn't work when placed in application.cfm:

<cfswitch expression = "#cgi.script_name#">
   <cfcase value = "/test12.cfm">
      <cflocation url="http://www.mysite.com/services/listings_details.cfm?id_listing=88">
   </cfcase>
</cfswitch>

I receive the error message:  file not found:  /test12.cfm

Yes, it is just an example. Obviously, you have to replace with your own actual pages. So, if you don't have a page called test12.cfm, then replace test12.cfm with the actual page you want to redirect to.