In the boortrap file create and init function
public function _initRoute()
{
$frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$route = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(
'profile/*',array(
'controller' => 'profile',
'module' => 'default',
'action' => 'index',
'name' => ”));
$frontController->getRouter()->addRoute('profile',$route);
}
Ex: http://cochinhub.com/profile/john.steve