David-- To "inject" a bit human-readable element into the filenames, you can use the "prefix" and "suffix" settings in project setting. That will generate combination of a content type keyword and a page ID, hence guaranteeing the uniqueness.
Say you have a node in SmartTree called "Newsletters". The pages connected to this node all use a Content Class called "Newsletter". You can be set the Content Class to use the prefix "newsletter" and the published files will bear names like "newsletter-6789.htm" etc. Not as good as Drupal's "clean URL" that translate a page's title into SEO-friendly url but, hey, better than the plain numerics. The RedDot CMS just prefix your specified "prefix" to the default name without adding "-". If you want it to appear "newsletter-6789.htm" you would need to set your prefix as "newsletter-". Henry Lu On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Hooper, David <[email protected]>wrote: > Greetings, > > > > We’re wondering what policy or standards other universities have with their > departments regarding the use of custom filenames in RedDot. Right now we > use page IDs to ensure uniqueness (and prevent overwriting). Our thought is > to have a recommendation that custom filenames should only be used for > important possible entry pages, pages that are advertised/promoted or those > particularly important for search engines. What do you all recommend? Is > everyone else using page IDs as well? > > > > Thanks! > > > > [image: David V. Hooper] > > *David V. Hooper*, CIW > Director of Web Communications > Longwood University > www.whylongwood.com > www.longwood.edu > 434.395.2099 > > [image: Longwood Rotunda Icon] > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
