changing the url in address bar

[asp_funda]

Hi
I want to know that if there's a way to display a different url in the address bar of the browser other than the url of the page being viewed??

Or if there's a way to hide the address bar of the current browser window??

[dbalsdon]

I want to know that if there's a way to display a different url in the address bar of the browser other than the url of the page being viewed??

nope, cant be done...

Or if there's a way to hide the address bar of the current browser window??

in a popup window.. YES
in the main window.. NO

[turkle112]

I want to know that if there's a way to display a different url in the address bar of the browser other than the url of the page being viewed??

Actually I think it can be done, but not with javascript. You would have to go into the server and set it up there. I don't remember exactly how to do it but I believe it you can display an url like www.theoneIwantToSee. com insted of www.theoneIdontwanttoSee.com/page/page.html. We learn about this in school but it is done through server configuration. I am thinking it has something to do with creating a dns that points to the url you want to see. But don't hold me to that.

[asp_funda]

But I don't have any control over the server. So I can't just open the server manager control & modify the settings.(-: Is there any other way??

[beetle]

No - you can't hide the URL - so don't bother trying. Using URL rewriting from the server (such as Apache's mod_rewrite) could let you change the URL to something different, but without knowing what you're after exactly, I can't say that it will offer you the results you want.

I suspect that you have a different problem, and are trying to treat this symptom instead.

[asp_funda]

Ok, the thing is that in one section of my site every link is opened in a new window. I don't want the url of the window to look like http://www.mysite.com/folder/file.html. Instead I want it to look like http://www.mysite.com.

For that I am asking whether there's a way to display a other url instead of the actual url of the file.

[pauls]

I've seen URL re-writers which work by using Frames (yuk!)

I'd suggest when you open the new window, you do it as a popup using J-S and then simply have the new window appear without an address bar (you did say that was an option!).

[beetle]

The only way to get the result you describe is to use a frameset, that I know of.

[M. Johansson]

Even if this was possible, don't do it. It's terribly annoying.

[asp_funda]

The only way to get the result you describe is to use a frameset, that I know of.

I too think that perhaps that's the only way. I left this option for the last since I thought that there may be anotherconvenient way but now I think that I'll have to go with it only.

Even if this was possible, don't do it. It's terribly annoying.

What exactly do you mean by it, plz explain. I don't think that it'll be annoying. I can make 2 frames on the page & use the 1st as 100% & second as 0%.

[M. Johansson]

What exactly do you mean by it, plz explain. I don't think that it'll be annoying. I can make 2 frames on the page & use the 1st as 100% & second as 0%.

It's annoying in the sense that you make it extremely hard to like to individual pages.

[asp_funda]

It's annoying in the sense that you make it extremely hard to like to individual pages.

I still don't understand. The only difference in a single frame & a normal page is that the single frame page doesn't show the url of the file that's being navigated & the normal page shows the url of the page being opened.
As far as I know, the visitor to the site isn't bothered with it as long as there is proper navigation system available on the site & the pages open well enough.

[beetle]

I think he's referring to the fact that the link can't be shared, bookmarked, or used otherwise, easily. I'm sure most of us here knows how to do all these things, but we don't represent the general demographic.

[M. Johansson]

I still don't understand. The only difference in a single frame & a normal page is that the single frame page doesn't show the url of the file that's being navigated & the normal page shows the url of the page being opened.
As far as I know, the visitor to the site isn't bothered with it as long as there is proper navigation system available on the site & the pages open well enough.

What beetle said.

[asp_funda]

I think he's referring to the fact that the link can't be shared, bookmarked, or used otherwise, easily. I'm sure most of us here knows how to do all these things, but we don't represent the general demographic.

Yes I think that you are right about that beetle & M.J but the frames technique can be applied to pages which are not for other sites to link & which needn't be bookmarked, no??

[M. Johansson]

Yes I think that you are right about that beetle & M.J but the frames technique can be applied to pages which are not for other sites to link & which needn't be bookmarked, no??

What kind of pages don't need to be bookmarked or linked? I can tink of a few scenarios, but they are very few.

[asp_funda]

What kind of pages don't need to be bookmarked or linked? I can tink of a few scenarios, but they are very few.

Pages like the portfolio or the services offered by a company website. These pages doesn't need to be linked by websites other than the company websites.
There can be a few more scenarios but you are right about one thing, there aren't many.

[vgarcia]

Pages like the portfolio or the services offered by a company website. These pages doesn't need to be linked by websites other than the company websites.

I think they do. How can you promote your company's services if you can't get a good listing on Google? Frames require a fair bit of workarounds in order to get a decent search engine ranking.

[asp_funda]

You are right there V but I can have a dynamic page with a URL like http://www.mysite.com/?id=www.client1.com

I don't think that there will be a problem getting search engine ranking in this case, will it be??

[M. Johansson]

Yes it will. Frames complicates search engine optimization a lot. And it should definetly be possible to link to your portfolio and services pages. I can with 100% certainty say that, sooner or later, someone will want to link to a page in your portfolio or services section.

[asp_funda]

Frames complicates search engine optimization a lot.

Not if I put right meta tags in the page that's containing the frames instead of the documents that are loaded in the frames, no??

I can with 100% certainty say that, sooner or later, someone will want to link to a page in your portfolio or services section.

Ah, why would one do that?? Services I can understand but why would anyone want to link to my portfolio??

[beetle]

Not if I put right meta tags in the page that's containing the frames instead of the documents that are loaded in the frames, no??

No indeed. Only 1 major search engine (don't remember which) still reads meta-data for use in search ranking -- the rest of them, namely Google, MSN, and Yahoo, don't.

[asp_funda]

then what do they do??

[M. Johansson]

Instead of reading meta tags? They spider the entire page instead.

[asp_funda]

then how can a framed page be spidered by the search bots?? should I put some of the content in between the <noframes> tag??