aliasing query strings

Fellow developers,
I Am trying to find a way to alias my query strings so I can optimize my
site for search engines. Currently my site is doing well in search
results with my static content, but since I've switched to dynamic content
(same material) the engines don't fine my stuff, not even the build in
search
that comes from my host.

so simply, my question is, how can I change:

www.anysite.com/details.php?cat=food

to www.anysite.com/food.htm

My site depends heavily on search engine traffic, so any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Russel H spilled the following:

>
> so simply, my question is, how can I change:
>
> www.anysite.com/details.php?cat=food
>
> to www.anysite.com/food.htm
>
> My site depends heavily on search engine traffic, so any help would be
> greatly appreciated.

not a PHP question.

Mod_rewrite if you're using apache....but you didn't say what webserver you
were using.

C.

I am 99.9% sure it is Apache. However, i can 't tell you which version.

Russel H.
"Colin McKinnon"
<colin.thisisnotmysurname@ntlworld.deletemeunlessU RaBot.com> wrote in
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> Russel H spilled the following:
>
>>
>> so simply, my question is, how can I change:
>>
>> www.anysite.com/details.php?cat=food
>>
>> to www.anysite.com/food.htm
>>
>> My site depends heavily on search engine traffic, so any help would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>
> not a PHP question.
>
> Mod_rewrite if you're using apache....but you didn't say what webserver
> you
> were using.
>
> C.

"Russel H" <r@h.noway> wrote in
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> "Colin McKinnon"
><colin.thisisnotmysurname@ntlworld.deletemeunless URaBot.com> wrote in
> message news:3owPd.931$P07.645@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>> Russel H spilled the following:
>>
>>>
>>> so simply, my question is, how can I change:
>>>
>>> www.anysite.com/details.php?cat=food
>>>
>>> to www.anysite.com/food.htm
>>>
>>> My site depends heavily on search engine traffic, so any help would be
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> not a PHP question.
>>
>> Mod_rewrite if you're using apache....but you didn't say what webserver
>> you
>> were using.
>>
>> C.

> I am 99.9% sure it is Apache. However, i can 't tell you which version.

That's usually trivial. Use phpinfo(), or, for many servers,
simply look at the HTTP response headers for any GET request.

>
> Russel H.

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> "Russel H" <r@h.noway> wrote in
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>
> [top posting fixed - please don't top-post]
>
>> "Colin McKinnon"
>><colin.thisisnotmysurname@ntlworld.deletemeunles sURaBot.com> wrote in
>> message news:3owPd.931$P07.645@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>>> Russel H spilled the following:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> so simply, my question is, how can I change:
>>>>
>>>> www.anysite.com/details.php?cat=food
>>>>
>>>> to www.anysite.com/food.htm
>>>>
>>>> My site depends heavily on search engine traffic, so any help would be
>>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> not a PHP question.
>>>
>>> Mod_rewrite if you're using apache....but you didn't say what webserver
>>> you
>>> were using.
>>>
>>> C.
>
>> I am 99.9% sure it is Apache. However, i can 't tell you which version.
>
> That's usually trivial. Use phpinfo(), or, for many servers,
> simply look at the HTTP response headers for any GET request.

It is Apache. However, I have done some research on this mod_rewrite and I
am completely lost, I can't find a direct resource to address what I'm
asking about. Also, it appears as if my service provider does not allow me
to configure the .htaccess file anyway.

--
Russel H.