Question

In the past I noticed that in many sites when you type a link with different arguments something else happens ( ex Google ). I would like to implement that into my site but I don’t know how. I would like to do it for the search function to be exact. Let’s say my site is test.com. The link test.com/find+item would search the site for the “find item” term. I’m using JQuery and JSON for the site. Also the search box is the 'input#suggestBox' element and $('input#suggestBox').jsonSuggest(bookData.webSites, {onSelect:callback}); the call for the search.

Answer 1

The technique you are referring to is very closely related to the concept of RESTfulness. nickf’s recommendation of using Apache’s mod_rewrite is solid, but if you are wanting to really sink your teeth into URL-driven web app methods, I strongly recommend researching REST.