i need a script / html / ? which makes it possible to read the typed
URL, and use (pieces) of the content in a webpage. For example when
somebody types www.mywebsite.com/blokje1234-ga, it normally goes to
the errorpage. I want to edit this errorpage in a matter that it says:
' hey blokje1234-ga, nice to see you on my page, unfortunately you
mistyped the URL'.

please advise

Hello blokje1234-ga

Thank-you for your question.

The easiest way to achieve this is by a little javascript.  Simply
place the following code on your error page where you want the
greeting to be.

<script type="text/JavaScript">
var URL=document.referrer;
URL=URL.split("/");
var username=URL[URL.length-1];
document.write('Hey '+username+', nice to see you on my page,
unfortunately you mistyped the URL.');
</script>
<noscript>Hey you, nice to see you on my page, unfortunately you
mistyped the URL.</noscript>

Description of the script:
The script takes the URL of the referring document and splits it into
parts where there is a / character.  The username is the last part of
the URL so we define this to a variable.  The string is then printed
out on the screen.  If the user does not have javascript enabled in
their browser it outputs the string enclosed within the
<noscript></noscript> tags (a generic message).

If you need any further help on this subject please ask for clarification.  

The script may need a little tweaking depending on the server your
site is being hosted on, so if you require any further clarification
please include either your URL (so I can determine the server) or let
me know the server type yourself.

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Request for Answer Clarification by blokje1234-ga on 02 Sep 2005 06:45 PDT

palitoy-ga,

i am using Typo3. do i need to replact your URL by my real url name ?

blokje1234-ga

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Clarification of Answer by palitoy-ga on 02 Sep 2005 06:53 PDT

I am not familiar with Typo3 but I believe this is a content management system...

The script should work as I have written it here without any need to
alter anything.  The URL in the script is just a variable name.  You
should just need to paste the javascript into your error page where
you require the greeting to appear.