RE: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-18 Thread Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
il.com] Sent: June-18-09 3:35 AM To: CakePHP Subject: Re: Slug instead of ID The id shouldnt even be in the url of the edit profile page, you should just grab it from Auth. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-17 Thread Miles J
The id shouldnt even be in the url of the edit profile page, you should just grab it from Auth. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegrou

RE: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-17 Thread Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
- From: Miles J [mailto:mileswjohn...@gmail.com] Sent: June-17-09 7:47 PM To: CakePHP Subject: Re: Slug instead of ID In a typical structure, you would still use id for everything. The only time a slug is really used is when creating a URL to link to their profile

Re: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-17 Thread Miles J
In a typical structure, you would still use id for everything. The only time a slug is really used is when creating a URL to link to their profile. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To p

RE: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-17 Thread Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com
certainly not want my url to be that so they have the option to be site/jeffsplace/ if they so want Dave -Original Message- From: brian [mailto:bally.z...@gmail.com] Sent: June-17-09 2:36 AM To: cake-php@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Slug instead of ID On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:33 PM

Re: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-16 Thread brian
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:33 PM, phpcurious wrote: > > why do you have to use slugs, why not try using their usernames the > users provided or assigned to them by the system? A slug is merely any string that's been modified to be both useful and readable in a URL. So, the slug may very well be b

Re: Slug instead of ID

2009-06-16 Thread phpcurious
why do you have to use slugs, why not try using their usernames the users provided or assigned to them by the system? On Jun 17, 7:24 am, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" wrote: > I am using custom slugs that the user creates when they sign up. > > USER: > id > slug > . > > When a User m