Is this done with only DNS wildcard setting?

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I’m wondering if there is anyone here who knows how search a website like the one show in the picture is programmed.

Page 1. http://a.imageshack.us/img842/8673/indexi.png

Page 2. http://a.imageshack.us/img97/5032/page2p.png

Posted 16-Aug-10 18:01pm

Gerald Evans

Updated 16-Aug-10 18:03pm

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Peter_in_2780 · Answer 1 · 2010-08-16T19:02:00

Looks like you're dealing with a Content Management System (CMS). Most CMSs have code to "intercept" URLs and either build a page on the fly or map the request to a non-obvious path. In Drupal (the one I'm most familiar with), it's called "Friendly URL". Google "Drupal friendly URL" for more info.
In other words, the CMS parses the request URL and does something smarter than just map it to a file system structure that reflects the URL structure. [Hope that makes sense, but it's hard to put into words.]
[edit]So DNS has nothing to do with it.[/edit]
Cheers,
Peter