Rewritten URL –using just minus or underscore and lowercase?

[pt20100201]

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Rewritten URL – using just minus or underscore and lowercase characters?

Dear Thorsten Rinne / Development Team

phpMyFAQ's rewritten URLs replace (an example) “space” with “minus” and existing “minus” with “underscore” (we are not going to talk about the difference between “minus”, “hyphen” and “hyphen-minus” characters).
This is a logical, correct, uniform and understandable methodology.

They also maintain uppercase and lowercase characters (also logical, correct,...)

However, some users may prefer a simpler and uniform approach: using just “minus” or “underscore” (but avoiding consecutive typing: “-” “_”, not “--” “__”) and lowercase characters.

As said before, phpMyFAQ approach is correct and logical.
Rewrite rules may be defined by the phpMyFAQ administrator - but not all users have the knowledge to define them.

So, in the main distribution (or as separate files – like the alternative “themes”) there could be user friendly files to implement these options.

Some DBMS (“BDs” may have a different behavior with “minus” characters - we had no problems with phpMyFAQ and MySQL / PostgreSQL), so if an user prefer “minus” (more legible and easier to type) to “underscore” (for external processing), he/she must be aware of that.


This is not a fundamental issue – and you can't implement all features desired by users – but if someone find it relevant he/she may build those files, making them available to the community.
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Kind regards
2013-08-21
pt20100201
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[Thorsten]

Hi,

I think we added the rewritten URLs to phpMyFAQ back in 2005 and a lot of pages now using these links for years. I don't think it's a good idea to change that for existing FAQs, but we could do that for new ones. But here's also the problem with maintaining two different schemes...

bye
Thorsten

[pt20100201]

Re2:Re: Rewritten URL – using just minus or underscore and lowercase?
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Dear Thorsten Rinne

Thank for your answer.

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I think we added the rewritten URLs to phpMyFAQ back in 2005 and a lot of pages now using these links for years. I don't think it's a good idea to change that for existing FAQs, but we could do that for new ones. But here's also the problem with maintaining two different schemes...
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Thorsten

We understand the problem - specially "maintaining two different schemes".

However, a "cleaner" rewritten URL version could be more legible and more external search engine friendly - so, more "desirable" to user and/or top decision-makers.

You are making a deep revision of phpMyFAQ's base code: 3.0 version will have major changes in it's structure - perhaps then (for new FAQs)? but 2015 is too late and HTML5 will have / has other interaction features.

It is just an opinion.
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Kind regards
2013-08-22
pt20100201
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[Thorsten]

Hi,

please add a feature request on GitHub with all URL schemes you like to have. I re-checked the code, it should be more easier than I first thought to maintain differend schemes.

bye
Thorsten

[pt20100201]

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Re3:Re: Rewritten URL – using just minus or underscore and lowercase?

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please add a feature request on GitHub with all URL schemes you like to have. I re-checked the code, it should be more easier than I first thought to maintain differend schemes.
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Another quick answer - thank.

"it should be more easier than I first thought" - starting the day with a good news.

We don't have a GitHub account, so we can't post the proposal there (yet).

Nevertheless, phpMyFAQ actions/reviews can only take place next week (we are starting another day with lot of tasks to perform... and terminate).

Perhaps we'll have new guide lines - regarding, e.g., the GitHub's (and similar) service - this month.

We hope you'll have a good day.
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Kind regards
2013-08-22
pt20100201
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[Thorsten]

Hi,

if Github is not working for you, you can send me an email!

Thanks!

bye
Thorsten