Get rid the slash in URL (ex. something.com/dogs)

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I recently purchased the domain name simply.do. I want to use it as a URL shortening service, but I don't like have to do simply.do/something. Can I remove the slash or replace it with a difference symbol?

If this helps, I am using a server running Nginx and I will not switch to Apache.

Thanks!

I would also appreciate any feedback on the domain name. I was hoping to sell simply.do/insurance, simply.do/religion, etc. to various companies. Do you think there is a way I could sell these parts on an auction website? Thanks!

You can use `dogs.something.com` i.e. sub domain instead of slash — Imdad, Jun 19 '12 at 03:45
Would it be possible to redirect people if I did simply.do?insurance? Is there any other kind of symbol I could use in the URL to redirect people besides a slash? — jbenes, Jun 19 '12 at 03:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 22 '12 at 11:32

When you visit simply.do, that refers to simply.do/index.php (if you use php in background).

So, you can use it as query, for eg, simply.do?insurance will lead to some long url like ://a-long-domain-name/a-long-list-of-directories.

Use server script to get the value after ? mark so that if someone visite simply.do?insurance, it will be like simply.do/index.php?insurance. It works with all browsers.

You can obtain the value from the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] OR $_GET[] array, check if the query string: 'insurance' is in your db or not. If yes, redirect the user to required site.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 03:16

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You need to know how the HTTP protocol works here, to better understand what you are doing. If you want to sell the URLs, you need a basic URI handler for /insurance, or /religion. You can also sell insurance.simply.do, If you want to, thru' DNSes and default VirtualHost handlers.

This answer is irrespective of the server used.

answered Jun 19 '12 at 03:16

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Would it be possible to redirect people if I did simply.do?insurance? Is there any other kind of symbol I could use in the URL to redirect people besides a slash? – jbenes Jun 19 '12 at 03:57
@jbenes: You must have at least one slash after the host name. After that, you can use query part (delimited by `?`) to do redirection. – nhahtdh Jun 19 '12 at 04:04

nhahtdh · Answer 3 · 2012-06-19T03:34:58.010

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You cannot remove/replace the / right after simply.do since it delimits the host and the path in the URI.

edited Jun 19 '12 at 03:34

answered Jun 19 '12 at 03:16

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Get rid the slash in URL (ex. something.com/dogs)

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