Making Dynamic Web Site Se Friendly

[AjiNIMC]

Hi all,

I want to make http://idealwebtools.com/nimc/gallery/cate...es.php?cat_id=1 search engine friendly so I tried
like
http://idealwebtools.com/nimc/gallery/categories1.php

So I tried

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^categoriesid([^.]+).* /categories.php?cat_id=$1
[T=application/x-httpd-php]


and some combinations

but it didnt work, can someone please tell me how can I do that. I read
http://www.marketposition.com/articles/mak...our-dynamic.htm and
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting but I guess I missed something.

Please help me , your suggestion will be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Aji

[speed]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^categoriesid([0-9]+)\.php /categories.php?cat_id=$1

[AjiNIMC]

Do I need to do some alterations to my script ? If yes then What kind of alteration is requirement? At what level should I use it? Do I need to run .htaccess files to see the changes?

Thanks speed , looking forward to learn more on this issue.

Regards
AjiNIMC

[speed]

Do I need to do some alterations to my script ? If yes then What kind of alteration is requirement? At what level should I use it?

Yes you need to change the script so that any links it makes in the form categories.php?cat_id=1 are now in the form categoriesid.php.

Do I need to run .htaccess files to see the changes?

Once you change the script the .htaccess file must be present and working or categoriesid.php links won't work.

[AjiNIMC]

Yes you need to change the script so that any links it makes in the form categories.php?cat_id=1 are now in the form categoriesid.php.

Speed one more doubt , which script needs to be edited.

Thanks again
AjiNIMC

[speed]

which script needs to be edited

Any script or static page that has a link to categories.php?cat_id=xxx or generates a link in that form.