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Understanding ccHost URLs

Understanding how URLs work in ccHost is a very important concept that you should understand before doing anything else. URL Parts

ccHost URLs are composed of four main parts:

  1. Root URL of installation

     This is the URL address of where index.php lives. For example: http://example.com, or http://example.com/cchost
  2. Virtual Root

     Don't worry if you don't know what a 'ccHost virtual root' is, we'll get to it here but for now assume it's the word media.
  3. Command

     This part of the URL maps to an internal command in ccHost. This can be anything from a request for a submit form, a feed, a record listing, etc. Examples are people which shows a listing of the latest registered users who have uploaded or files which lists the latest uploads.
  4. Parameters

     Many if not most commands accept and even require parameters. For example, adding a specific user's name to the people command will display the user's main page, e.g. people/rejon

You should refer to the ccHost Command Reference for a listing of all available commands.

If you have enabled 'pretty URLs' in your installation then all the elements are strung together into one URL:

http://example.com/media/people/rejon

If not, then everything starting from the virtual root is prepended the following way:

http://example.com?ccm=/media/people/rejon