Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS

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2011


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 106574
interpreted = N
texte = What I think I'd like to do is tie into the page not found system,=20 i.e. have the server send my 404 request to instead of error.html to = URLs.tpl that way all pages act as they do currently BUT for any "pretty" URL, it gets "not found" and rerouted to URLs.tpl and inside that file i want to do something like: (yes this is 100% = wrong, just typing outloud here) [showif [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('notebook_battery/$')[/grep]] = [include file=3Dalphamfg.tpl&_CID=3D2][/showif] [showif = [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('('notebook_battery/(?P\w+)/$')[/grep]= ] [include file=3Dpickmodel&_CID=3D2&_MFG=3D[MFG]][/showif] [showif = [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('('notebook_battery/(?P[^/]+)/(?P= \d+).*')[/grep]] [include = file=3Dmodelinfo&_CID=3D2&_MFG=3D[MFG]&_FID=3D[FID]][/showif] (and have a last rule that actually redirects to a 404 page...) I want to figure out how to use an include so that i'm specifically not = rewriting and redirecting the URL (thus making it ugly) Anyone currently doing anything like this? If I can figure out how to do it, is anyone else interested in the code? Brian B. Burton brian@burtons.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D time is precious. waste it wisely =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On Apr 27, 2011, at 6:22 AM, William DeVaul wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Kenneth Grome = wrote: >>> I'm not sure why you'd leave the humans ugly URLs. >>=20 >> Because those URLs are the default URLs for WebDNA. >=20 > I thought the parameterized URLs were a convention that came about in > the early days of the Internet. Seems the convention is ripe for > change. >=20 > In general, I'm for programmer convenience versus optimization for the > computer. But I'd put user convenience above the programmer's. In > some frameworks the default is "prettier" to the benefit of users and > programmers. >=20 >>> The search engines like keywords. >>=20 >> They get plenty of keywords in the static pages. >=20 > I think it is about quality of the keyword placement (in incoming > links, in the domain, in the URLs, in "important" tags e.g.

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  1. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (William DeVaul 2011)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (sgbc cebu 2011)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Tom Duke 2011)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (William DeVaul 2011)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Stuart Tremain 2011)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Brian Fries 2011)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Govinda 2011)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Daniel Meola 2011)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS ("Brian B. Burton" 2011)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS ("Brian B. Burton" 2011)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (William DeVaul 2011)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (William DeVaul 2011)
  17. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Govinda 2011)
  18. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  19. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (William DeVaul 2011)
  20. Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS (Stuart Tremain 2011)
  21. [WebDNA] Pretty URLS ("Brian B. Burton" 2011)
What I think I'd like to do is tie into the page not found system,=20 i.e. have the server send my 404 request to instead of error.html to = URLs.tpl that way all pages act as they do currently BUT for any "pretty" URL, it gets "not found" and rerouted to URLs.tpl and inside that file i want to do something like: (yes this is 100% = wrong, just typing outloud here) [showif [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('notebook_battery/$')[/grep]] = [include file=3Dalphamfg.tpl&_CID=3D2][/showif] [showif = [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('('notebook_battery/(?P\w+)/$')[/grep]= ] [include file=3Dpickmodel&_CID=3D2&_MFG=3D[MFG]][/showif] [showif = [url][thispage][/url]=3D[grep]('('notebook_battery/(?P[^/]+)/(?P= \d+).*')[/grep]] [include = file=3Dmodelinfo&_CID=3D2&_MFG=3D[MFG]&_FID=3D[FID]][/showif] (and have a last rule that actually redirects to a 404 page...) I want to figure out how to use an include so that i'm specifically not = rewriting and redirecting the URL (thus making it ugly) Anyone currently doing anything like this? If I can figure out how to do it, is anyone else interested in the code? Brian B. Burton brian@burtons.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D time is precious. waste it wisely =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On Apr 27, 2011, at 6:22 AM, William DeVaul wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Kenneth Grome = wrote: >>> I'm not sure why you'd leave the humans ugly URLs. >>=20 >> Because those URLs are the default URLs for WebDNA. >=20 > I thought the parameterized URLs were a convention that came about in > the early days of the Internet. Seems the convention is ripe for > change. >=20 > In general, I'm for programmer convenience versus optimization for the > computer. But I'd put user convenience above the programmer's. In > some frameworks the default is "prettier" to the benefit of users and > programmers. >=20 >>> The search engines like keywords. >>=20 >> They get plenty of keywords in the static pages. >=20 > I think it is about quality of the keyword placement (in incoming > links, in the domain, in the URLs, in "important" tags e.g.

). "Brian B. Burton"

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