[theforum] weo signoff

[Jeff Howden]

John,

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> From: John Handelaar [mailto:john at userfrenzy.com]
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> > /node/60390/
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> ...is Drupal's way of storing it.  No action required.
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Agreed, but including it for completeness.

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> > /10-steps-to-higher-search-engine-positioning
> > /article/10_Steps_To_Higher_Search_Engine_Positioning/20/60390/
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> ...can both be added to the alias table.
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Actually, the first could, the second would be better handled by the rewrite
rule mentioned next.

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> /article/10_Steps_To_Higher_Search_Engine_Positioning/20/60390/index.html
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> ...is a rewrite rule which takes the submitted URL and
> ignores the part after the last slash.  Which also
> covers the /evolt_org tail-parts which dimly flicker in
> the memory.
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Yes, URLs on the site used to end with /evolt.org.  Ugh, wasn't my idea.

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> > /article/rating/20/60390/
> > /article/foo/20/60390/
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> ... rewrite rule is /*/*/*/$id  -->  /node/$id.
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> As far as URLs created in the future are concerned, the
> latter 3 need not be implemented (as someone with
> SEO-fu, you'll be aware that there's nothing to gain in
> having a myriad URLs hitting the same page).  Likewise
> I'll restate my opinion of the evilness of unnecessarily
> including a numeric category ID in URLs, other than to
> maintain compatibility for archived material.
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Absolutely agree on both points.  The only reason I bring up support for the
older style with the variable "directory" is that there *are* a myriad of
links hitting the same page now and it'd be appropriate to support them all.

Jeff