A direct link to a particular page.

[discxpress]

As many of you have seen while browsing shopping sites, a direct link to a particular page on the site. It is usually located at the very bottom of the page and begins with phrase such as "Link directly to this page" and a URL is given.

 

I think this would be great for users of OSCommerce that are looking for ways of generating one-way inbound links to their sites. It is great for SEO because it can help improve organic search placement.

 

 

Here's an example. Go to very bottom of page. It's a gray text.

 

http://www.tower.com/only-by-night-kings-l.../wapi/112395037

 

Disclaimer I am not affiliated with the site or in no way promoting any of it's products. The above link was provided as a resource to give an example.

 

Thank you for reading and responding.

[ktshannon]

you would use php and put it in the includes/footer.php

 

<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>

will display the link

[discxpress]

you would use php and put it in the includes/footer.php

 

<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>

will display the link

Hey thanks. That simple? I thought that would take some in depth coding or possibly a contribution. I will give it a try and post my results.

 

Thanks a million.

[discxpress]

ktshannon,

 

You brought me half way to where I need to be. When I inserted the code you suggested, it just echoed the name of the php file.

 

What I need is the same url that's in the address bar to be echoed in the footer.

 

Thanks for giving me a good start.

[discxpress]

ktshannon,

 

I've completed my mission. I have Ultimate SEO URLs installed. So I used the following:

 

<center>Link to this page: http://www.mydomain.com<? echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?></center>

 

It shows up just as I want it to.

 

Thanks.

[ktshannon]

gotcha, then what you want to use is this:

 

 

echo "http" . ((!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ? "s" : "") . "://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

[discxpress]

gotcha, then what you want to use is this:

 

 

echo "http" . ((!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ? "s" : "") . "://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

Ok. I will try that code. It seems more professional. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you. I'm trying to compete with the big boys. Not quite in their arena.

[ktshannon]

Hey, to be seen as a big dog, you have to act like a big dog. :) Goodluck with everything. That code will show the full URL of the page your on, sorry I misread it the first time.

[discxpress]

Hey, to be seen as a big dog, you have to act like a big dog. :) Goodluck with everything. That code will show the full URL of the page your on, sorry I misread it the first time.

Applied the code. Worked beautifully. Do you think it would be a good idea to upload as a contribution?

[ktshannon]

Yeah why not, I'll end up doing that tonight and throw in some kudos. Thanks!