but the first URL that looks nicer. Is this something AEM can do (like config changes) or perhaps this is an Apache rewrite rules? Perhaps combination of both?
with URL mappings, can this be tested locally (dev laptop that's running an author instance of AEM. no publisher. no dispatcher)? I'm only asking since the URL you linked mentioned dispatcher and Apache rewrite rules.
You'll need to use a sling servlet with a selector. Your selectors will be firstname, lastname. Your sling servlet annotation will look like this: @SlingServlet(resourceTypes = "myBrand/components/pages/myPeoplePageType", selectors =
{firstname, lastname}
, extensions = "html”, methods=”GET”)
Your URL below: http://www.myhost.com/people.firstname.lastname will invoke your servlet and pass current page path along with other parameters. Servlet would be resolved through selectors & resource type.
Then you will need a dispatcher rewrite rule that will take /my-page/john.smith and transform it into /my-page.john.smith. You can test your /my-page.john.smith on your author instance. But for the pretty URL, you'll need your dispatcher set up. Or you might be able to do this URL mapping (under /etc/maps) as a regexmap (https://sling.apache.org/documentation/the-sling-engine/mappings-for-resource-resolution.html#mappin...), in which case, you can test it in your author.
