[Phpwebsite-developers] Shorter links solutions

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

Hello,

After talking with a few people privately (since no one responded here
*ahem*) I have decided the following.

1) We will go with solution 2 for mod_rewrite.

2) I spoke with Kenneth, who suggested some defaults behavior to reduce
link size. For example, in web page, if it just receives an id variable,
it will assume that the user just wants to view that web page. This
removes a 'user_option=view' addition to the link.

3) Brian came up with an idea for a module I am calling 'Shortcut'.
Basically when enabled, you just go to the page, file, article, etc. you
want to create the shortcut for and click and add button. Shortcut asks
you what you want the shortcut to be named. Then you can just call the
item via the shortcut like so:

http://phpwebsite.com/index.php?module=shortcut&go=my_favorite_pony

OR if you have mod_rewrite enabled, a much shorter version:

http://phpwebsite.com/my_favorite_pony

I have seen sites use this before so it may not be a 'new' idea but
anyway...

I should have Shortcuts working this week. Web Pages will be close as
well. I figure next week I can release another alpha albeit one that
people might actually find useful.

Matt out


-- 
Matthew McNaney
Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu