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#1 2007-09-11 23:10:37
- latecode
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strange permalink style
I found a blog that has strange permalink style.
First I thought it is WordPress.
My friend saw that blog and said it is Textpattern.
In that blog, the links to posts are like these.
domain_name/?id=Mz03O1z93
domain_name/?id=Zz14M4y92
Are there any Textpattern plugins for this permalink style?
Last edited by latecode (2007-09-12 11:57:32)
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Re: strange permalink style
well this is a really weird spam attempt. exact same type of post over at the wordpress forums except it says “I found a Wordpress blog that has strange permalink style…”
i suppose we’re expected to try and google those ids and reach whatever crappy page you put together.
piss off spammer
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#3 2007-09-12 08:00:26
- latecode
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Re: strange permalink style
I’m not a spammer & that blog is not mine.
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Re: strange permalink style
latecode wrote:
Are there any Textpattern plugins for this permalink style?
Why would anyone want that style? It looks very messy and spammy.
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#5 2007-09-12 10:15:07
- latecode
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Re: strange permalink style
Why do you think that permalink style is messy and spammy?
If user can use numbers, lower case alphabets, and upper case alphabets for post ID, permalinks can be shorter. (You can use 62 characters for one cipher)
I’m a php newbie
I want to get source code of that permalink plugin for study.
I’d like to make my own unique, short, and neat permalink style.
Last edited by latecode (2007-09-12 11:56:13)
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Re: strange permalink style
Do you really believe that website has around 10000000000000000 articles (62^9)?
It looks messy because such types of URLs are often used in emails that want to track who clicked what link in an email.
It’s also messy because you have to convert to and from that format to be able to actually use the ID in your PHP application. It’s simply not worth it.
If you still want to pursue this, google for number base conversion or number system conversion
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#7 2007-09-12 11:05:11
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Re: strange permalink style
Maybe that permalink style is not actually worthy for the experts.
But I think the curiosity about the strange permalink style is worthy for a newbie.
Last edited by latecode (2007-09-12 13:04:17)
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Re: strange permalink style
“worth”, not “worthy”. There’s a difference ;)
I was referring to the effort needed to achieve that permalink style. It’s not about you or that website (which I haven’t seen). Nothing wrong with curiosity.
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