On an Apache Server you can use REWRITE in an .htaccess file located in your www root directory.
file: .htaccess
#start the engine
RewriteEngine on

#this needs to be set to allow the URL manipulation
Options +FollowSymlinks

#the directory the manipulations will take place on
RewriteBase /

# mod_rewrite allows you to use Regular Expressions
# to define the manipulations

RewriteRule ^(.*\.html)$ cgi-bin/foo.cgi?call=$1

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So http://www.mydomain.com/bar ends up as
http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/foo.cgi?call=bar.html

see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

In reply to Re: How do I create friendlier URLS? by MikeDorset
in thread How do I create friendlier URLS? by boboson

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