[geeklog-modules] items on gplugs site

[Tom Willett]

The url rewriting that we have been playing with on the gplugs site uses a 
combination of your static pages rewrite code and apache rewrite rules.  It 
will only work on apache using a htdoc file currently.  The good thing about 
the rewrite and the index is that google has picked them both up and has 
begun making direct links to the stories rather than just the index pages.

The rewrite links however are intended mostly for the other search engines.  
Last time I looked they have not spidered us yet so we do not know how they 
will handle it.  I am wondering if the lack of unique descriptive text for 
each link will hurt there.  We will just have to wait and see.  I figure it 
will take at least two months to have a good trial.

At that time Vinny and I were planning on putting a combined package together.

The index is so simple I would recommend that it become a part of geeklog, 
because it works and addresses a common complaint.

TomW

Yeah the theme is a little slow but free and distinctive.


On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:23:19 -0600 (CST), Tony Bibbs wrote
> First, good site (though current theme loads slow). On the URL rewriting 
> stuff, I'd be itnerested if you guys found a way that would work on both 
> windows and *nix. That is the crux of the problem when I started looking 
> into it.  If you look closely at the static page modules (the one shipping 
> with GL by default) it can use a form of URL rewriting...I just don't know 
> if the bug in php.exe has been fixed for the windows users.  i"m not 
> saying the exact code I wrote should be used but that general method could 
> be.
> 
> I just hate seeing something being tackled that we may need to handle in 
> GL2 too without considering all the options.  I'll check to see if the 
> php.exe bug got fixed and if it does I'd encourage you all to use that 
> method.
> 
> Or am I way off base?
> 
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