I am proposing of making this is a test this%20is%20a%20test this+is+a+test this_is_a_test
equivalent. When you generate the URLs you will be able to choose which one to display. web2py will read them always with '_'. Massimo On Dec 20, 3:53 am, mmstud <mms...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know the best practice, but i know, i want to make urls rank > best possible way for search engines. I have seen 4 different ways of > handling word spaces in url: > > 1) %20 > 2) _ > 3) - > 4) + > > And so far i have managed to test _ and - marks, of which - works > better for SEO. One of my tests where done with phrase "multimedia > audio controller driver" and i created a document to editthis.info a) multimedia_audio_controller_driver and b) multimedia-audio- > controller-driver in url. > > If you seehttp://www.google.com/search?q=multimedia+audio+controller+driver > you'll find my test article from 4th page with second approach and > same article on 8th page with first approach. > > And you also see, that google uses + marking spaces. Unfortunately > editthis gives no changes to test test other options, so best option > is yet to be searched. > > On 20 joulu, 10:18, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > apps may use request.args[i] to build expressions (for example for > > eval or open files) without validation because they expect it to > > contain alphanumeric chars without spaces. I cannot think of a > > specific issue because there is nothing in web2py that uses this > > restriction. > > > I have a proposal that could make everybody happy. What if any " " or > > %20 in the URL were automatically replaced by a '_'? > > If i think of this, how the url shows up on html page, how it shows up > actual browser url and how args shows up on controller in case of this > proposal? > > > > > Massimo > > > On Dec 20, 2:00 am, mmstud <mms...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Please could you clarify, what kind of security issues it woud raise? > > > > On 20 joulu, 09:07, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > This will not supported. You can change the regex_url in main.py but > > > > this may cause security issues. > > > > > Massimo > > > > > On Dec 19, 3:13 pm, mmstud <mms...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The reason for need of spaces on url traces to my tests over SEO urls. > > > > > _ under_lined words does not rank as well as -con-cate-nated strings. > > > > > And finally it seems properly encoded space character works best. So i > > > > > really need this to work. Also query part of the url is not, where i > > > > > want to set my keywords, but rather either into directory name or file > > > > > name. So i think i have to hack main.py... Is there anything else i > > > > > should take in count? > > > > > > -Marko > > > > > > On 19 joulu, 20:44, Timothy Farrell <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > > > > > > > If you really need it, you can modify the regular expression in > > > > > > main.py line 39(ish). I did this for a time, but if you have > > > > > > control of the calling page, it's easier (in web2py) to convert the > > > > > > args to vars. > > > > > > -tim > > > > > > mdipierro wrote:you cannot. On Dec 19, 5:39 am, > > > > > > mmstud<mms...@gmail.com>wrote:How can i accept spaces in a form of > > > > > > %20 in url? domain.com/app/default/index/my%20space%20word at the > > > > > > moment i get invalid request from web2py -Marko-- Timothy > > > > > > Farrell<tfarr...@swgen.com>Computer Guy Statewide General Insurance > > > > > > Agency (www.swgen.com) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
