How to HREF a dynamic URL?

[mlsg04]

Hi,

I wonder is it possible to hyperlink using HREF to a dynamic URL? I've created a eNewsletter for my client and hope to hyperlink to some of the web pages but the website is built using ASPX.

The website is advantage and the sections I tried to link to are the "What's New". The 4 pages show the same URL so I guess there is no way I could directly link to it. Anyway it gave me error when I tried to do so.

Could anyone kindly enlighten on this? Many thanks in advance.

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[Dubbya]

This is a cinch if you generate the links dynamically as well.

For example when you save the new product to your database, you can add a new column and field value called "features".

On the home page, you can build your "What's New" link section by checking for products flagged with the field value of "features".

Build the links using the ID of the recordset containing the field value and use the same resulting page, in your case "whatsnew_more.aspx" to call the database and retrieve the product information according the ID number passed in the link.

For example:

The dynamically built hyperlinks in the"What's New" section of the home page might look like this:

<a href="http://www.yoursourcingadvantage.com/whatsnew_more.aspx?item=126">Read More >></a>

When the "whatsnew_more.aspx" page loads, it should check for an "item" value in the querystring, retrieve the appropriate recordset and build the product details page accordingly.

Hope this gives you an idea.

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[mlsg04]

Hi Dubbya,

Thank you for the prompt reply. Let me try out and see how it works.

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[NetProwler]

There is another trick many directory scripts use to display the latest sites - use a counter or the date field from the database to show the recent product. This way you need not pass on any parameter in the query string.

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[Dubbya]

That'll work too!

Good call.