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Asked: 2026-05-16T05:15:36+00:00

The host that I want to host with does not support server side url

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The host that I want to host with does not support server side url rewriting, thus no third party tools can be installed to rewrite the url’s.

This is Coldfusion 8, on windows, IIS.

The other alternative that I know of is to use a framework, but I do not feel like taking that route (time), for the application works well as it is (but the URL).

Can clean urls be generated by purely CF?
I do not need the clean url’s for seo, rather it will be for the user’s easy reference to their page. E.g. youtube.com/userpage

Any sugessions?

If the only choice is to use a framework, then which one is most compatible with traditional cfml”, cfm’s & CFC’s? In that there needs to be minimum changes to the code in the conversion from the none frameworked app to become frameworked.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No. you do not need a framework or URL rewriter to get http://domain.com/some/url to work (notice no index.cfm).

    In IIS you can set up custom error pages for 404 errors. Make the custom error page execute a ColdFusion page on your server (/urlhandler.cfm, 404.cfm or index.cfm for example). Within that page, you can control your own routes with ColdFusion by using list methods on the cgi.query_string value. IIS will provide you a url that looks something like 404;http://domain.com/the/original/url which you can parse to route the visitor to your desired event.

    <!--- Get URL String --->
<cfset CurrentURL = ListGetAt(cgi.query_string, 2, ";")>
<cfset CurrentURL = Replace(CurrentURL, ":80", "")>
<cfset CurrentURL = Replace(CurrentURL, ":443", "")>
<cfset CurrentURL = Replace(CurrentURL, "403;", "")>
<cfset CurrentURL = Replace(CurrentURL, "'", "", "ALL")>

    We have a site that receives approx a million visitors a month that is still running SES urls with this method. I was shocked when I was hired and found this existing code at the heart of the site and would not elect to repeat it, but, if you have limitations on installing a rewriter or third party framework (this client placed restrictions on the site) this solution may work for you.

    By playing with the above code, you can quickly see how you may use CF to dynamically include the .CFM file you want or execute the right CFC code depending on your set up.

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