Suppressing URLs in browser

[mindtpi99]

Hi

Does anyone know if you can suppress the URL detail in the browser address bar? E.g., instead of the browser displaying this as the result of clicking a link;

http://192.168.1.3:591/buttons/FMPro?-DB...r.htm&-Edit

You get this:

http://192.168.1.3:591/buttons/FMPro

I don't want to user frames to achieve this either - any suggestions appreciated!!

[Garry Claridge]

Using Frames, iFrames and Forms are about the only ways that I know of.

Good Luck.

Garry

[Unable]

I was going to say forms (since frames are not desired) and substitute images for the naturally formed buttons if buttons are not desired.

Not being a JavaScript expert, but understanding that JS is object oriented and that the URL or address bar is an object, can this not be controlled by JavaScript?

Of course,

[Steve T.]

Howdy! Other than what Garry and Unable mentioned, I don't think there's much else you can do. A domain registrar I've used has "domain masking" which puts whatever you want in the URL line, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com, but this is static/constant and easily bypassed if by the curious. Also, your links will still show the true URLs when visitors hover. Still, it's better than nothing and not obvious to naive surfers if you're just concerned about it looking messy.

I remember that user Leb i Sol posted a link to an article that discussed "clean URLs" versus exposing all your string parameters and what not, but the solution(s) all had to do with either configuring the Apache httpd.conf file or doing things like setting up .htaccess files or using mod_rewrite. If you're serving w/FM, though, you cannot do these little tricks.

--ST

[mindtpi99]

Thanks for the the input to everyone - it's given me some ideas