Re: [WebDNA] Pretty URLS
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2011
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = FWIW: then mind the load time of that 404 controller script... if it has = to sort out (from amongst thousands+ of choices) what all vars' vals. = the given clean URLs' dir.-labels actually translate into. The only other thing that comes to mind, is: have fun! (sincere tone). Brian you'll make work whatever you decide.. I am convinced. :-) ... = and it'll be smart enough to stand up in sunlight. Coders are up = against so many reasons to feel unsure... but I often remind myself = that it is always just us people channeling our creativity into as smart = a structure as satisfy the real need, *AND* are still fun! It's easy = to forget the fun part.. and think that we are supposed to _______. = Fun also means we *own* it; we got to create something (or otherwise add = value) in the process. -G > the website in question sells replacement parts, so skus =3D couple = thousand. Things they fit into =3D couple hundred thousand. Oh, and = people google search for the thing the parts fit into. So I'd have a few = hundred thousand static pages, which although automated, is still quite = messy.=20 >=20 >=20 > On Apr 27, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >=20 >> This looks like a PITA to create and manage. I guess I've=20 >> outgrown the desire to complicate things just because I can. =20 >> Why not just use a daily script to generate a folder full of=20 >> static pages, one for each sku, and be done with it? >>=20 >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> What I think I'd like to do is tie into the page not >>> found system, i.e. have the server send my 404 request >>> to instead of error.html to URLs.tpl >>>=20 >>> that way all pages act as they do currently BUT >>> for any "pretty" URL, it gets "not found" and rerouted to >>> URLs.tpl >>>=20 >>> 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] >>>=20 >>> (and have a last rule that actually redirects to a 404 >>> page...) >>>=20 >>> 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) >>>=20 >>> Anyone currently doing anything like this? >>> If I can figure out how to do it, is anyone else >>> interested in the code? >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Brian B. Burton >>> brian@burtons.com >>>=20 >>> =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 >>>=20 - Govinda -------------- Old WebDNA talklist archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/index.tpl?db=3Dwebdna-talk
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FWIW: then mind the load time of that 404 controller script... if it has = to sort out (from amongst thousands+ of choices) what all vars' vals. = the given clean URLs' dir.-labels actually translate into. The only other thing that comes to mind, is: have fun! (sincere tone). Brian you'll make work whatever you decide.. I am convinced. :-) ... = and it'll be smart enough to stand up in sunlight. Coders are up = against so many reasons to feel unsure... but I often remind myself = that it is always just us people channeling our creativity into as smart = a structure as satisfy the real need, *AND* are still fun! It's easy = to forget the fun part.. and think that we are supposed to _______. = Fun also means we *own* it; we got to create something (or otherwise add = value) in the process. -G > the website in question sells replacement parts, so skus =3D couple = thousand. Things they fit into =3D couple hundred thousand. Oh, and = people google search for the thing the parts fit into. So I'd have a few = hundred thousand static pages, which although automated, is still quite = messy.=20 >=20 >=20 > On Apr 27, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: >=20 >> This looks like a PITA to create and manage. I guess I've=20 >> outgrown the desire to complicate things just because I can. =20 >> Why not just use a daily script to generate a folder full of=20 >> static pages, one for each sku, and be done with it? >>=20 >> Sincerely, >> Kenneth Grome >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> What I think I'd like to do is tie into the page not >>> found system, i.e. have the server send my 404 request >>> to instead of error.html to URLs.tpl >>>=20 >>> that way all pages act as they do currently BUT >>> for any "pretty" URL, it gets "not found" and rerouted to >>> URLs.tpl >>>=20 >>> 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] >>>=20 >>> (and have a last rule that actually redirects to a 404 >>> page...) >>>=20 >>> 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) >>>=20 >>> Anyone currently doing anything like this? >>> If I can figure out how to do it, is anyone else >>> interested in the code? >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Brian B. Burton >>> brian@burtons.com >>>=20 >>> =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 >>>=20 - Govinda -------------- Old WebDNA talklist archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/index.tpl?db=3Dwebdna-talk
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