question - time/cost to do custom urls

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i am in talks with a local website design firm to develop a website for me that will be database driven and ths my urls will be database driven as well. but i prefer these database driven urls be converted to custom urls.

this website designer is avoiding telling me directly what he charges PER custom url. his programmer said he does some sort of redirect on the server, so my guess it is a 5-10 minute process per url to convert from database driven to custom.

i know of a local websites that have hundreds of custom urls and i know this guy did not pay $50 per each. wat is a reasonable price to pay? $5, $10, other. and how long does it take to program this per url?

any other input would be greatly appreciated!

for example, a database driven url might read like this

www. dogs .com /index.cfm?ref=50100
vs
www. dogs .com /blue-dogs

thanks
jim
#programming #custom #question #time or cost #urls
  • This guy is totally ripping you off, its a simple permalink fix. I design sites for many local businesses and can make you a site, or at least give you some advise. See my signature, and if you contact me mention the Warrior Forum and I will give you a deal.
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  • Some open source CMS (content management systems) do that out of the box for free...

    Just saying.

    And it should not be done individually for each page/subpage url - but through a script/code for all of them.
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    • my guy acts like it is very time consuming and says it is done on the server side - but i do not know what that means - since all programming ends up on the server i suppose? i think this guy has not made it into the 21st century in regards to this once very special feature - thus - is still trying to market it is a pricey add on. most others charge more for a website with custom urls included and others talk about custom urls as if they are made of GOLD. thank you both. this could wind up being a deal breaker for my and this web designer??
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  • i met with my website guy today and he said he will be quoting me a cost for custom urls in quantities of 10. but he is gonna talk to his programmer first because i showed him a local site with 1000 custom urls ( he was obviously stunned ) and i know this guy did not pay $10 each = $10k for 1000 custom urls. there has got to be an easier cheaper way to mass produce custom urls for a website - as mentioned above.

    /thanks-blue-dogs-jim
  • Hey JimKelly,

    This is infact a less then min job for one URL.
    The webmaster has to edit .htaccess file present on server to write the old and new URL.
    that's it...
    It only costs 1 min to write few URL redirections.
    I have made many modifications like this for my clients.

    Let me know if you still paying for it... I can do it FREE for you. its a 5 min job for me..
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  • use .httaccess for php, why don't you use framework like codeigniter, codeigniter is awesome framework, take a look their documentation.
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    question - time/cost to do custom urls

    i am in talks with a local website design firm to develop a website for me that will be database driven and ths my urls will be database driven as well. but i prefer these database driven urls be converted to custom urls. this website designer is avoiding telling me directly what he charges PER custom url. his programmer said he does some sort of redirect on the server, so my guess it is a 5-10 minute process per url to convert from database driven to custom.