Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-12 Thread bingo
hi all. I did some search and found this article ..its says what AD was suggesting http://www.thinkingphp.org/2006/09/18/dessert-11-welcome-back-friendly-urls/ Regards, bingo http://findnwrite.com On Jun 12, 6:07 am, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi everyone, > > thanks for your all your re

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-12 Thread bingo
hi everyone, thanks for your all your response. AD, you convinced me that title based url are not as bad as I was thinking. However, can you clarify more on using both id and title in the url. If I want to use both id and title in the url, I have two options 1. http://findnwrite.com/memento/artic

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-12 Thread AD7six
On Jun 12, 8:07 am, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi AD, > > I thought of doing so, but somehow I am not feeling comfortable with > finding articles by title. I should maybe clarify that I have (foolishly) been referring to the title and slug fields indiscriminately. An article would have

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-12 Thread Dr. Tarique Sani
On 6/12/07, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of article id, I would like to use article title in the url so > it is optimized for search engine. But I also don't want to increase Looks like the Slug behavior is what you are looking for (v1.2 only) HTH Tarique --

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-12 Thread purepear
instead of titles you should consider using permalinks cause titles can be changed. Also when a title is changed you can redirect the new title/permalink to the old one and point that the request is redirected. This is also usefull cause you dont want dead links --~--~-~--~~-

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread Geoff Ford
Who knows what search engines rank on these days. Personally I think the title in the url is good for users, they know what is at the link before they go there. Where possible I try to use titles, I dont think the integer vs text search is all that import. You should have an index on the slug f

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread AD7six
On Jun 12, 8:07 am, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi AD, > > I thought of doing so, but somehow I am not feeling comfortable with > finding articles by title. Its much easier and efficient (I believe) > to find articles by id as they are integers as compared to title which > will require te

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread bingo
hi AD, I thought of doing so, but somehow I am not feeling comfortable with finding articles by title. Its much easier and efficient (I believe) to find articles by id as they are integers as compared to title which will require text search. Is there a way to use some redirect kind of facility.

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread Geoff Ford
I didn't realise you could do findByField1OrField2(). Is this a 1.2 feature or has it alwys been in cake. On Jun 12, 3:21 pm, AD7six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 12, 5:54 am, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi, > > > I have website that currently uses article id in the url. So my u

Re: need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread AD7six
On Jun 12, 5:54 am, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > I have website that currently uses article id in the url. So my url > looks something likehttp://findnwrite.com/memento/articles/details/2303. Here > 2303 is > article id. > > Instead of article id, I would like to use article title

need suggestion on changing url

2007-06-11 Thread bingo
hi, I have website that currently uses article id in the url. So my url looks something like http://findnwrite.com/memento/articles/details/2303 . Here 2303 is article id. Instead of article id, I would like to use article title in the url so it is optimized for search engine. But I also don't w