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#1 2006-12-22 16:11:15
- Andrew
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Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
I really do like date-based URLs: they make sense when you see them and can endure category- and section-related changes by us indecisive types.
I have been writing a custom plugin to migrate my site’s URLs to a new format and preserve/redirect seamlessly. However, I have run into a bit of a bump when I realized that by having the day in a URL, you create a point-of-failure by making URLs timezone-dependent:
- If I were to move to Australia and change my timezone in prefs, using
/yyyy/mm/ddformat, the dd in many of my URLs would change because of the large time shift. This effectively breaks permalinks.
I’m thinking that the most stable format (which currently doesn’t exist) would be /YYYY/mm/url-title (aka “year_month_title”), that way you’d only run into the possibility of date-related problems one day per month and the likelihood you’d post the same URL-title twice per month is fairly slim.
Anyone else in favor of the addition of this URL format? That being said, anyone have experience in writing a custom_url_func for something like this?
Last edited by Andrew (2006-12-22 16:31:12)
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#2 2006-12-22 16:40:09
- Andrew
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
Also, is there currently a writeup anywhere for how to create a custom permlink_mode? Is it even possible?
Basically, what I’m looking to do is to take any request that doesn’t match my current permlink_mode and 301 permanently redirect to the appropriate URL. And ideally I’d be able to redirect it to a permlink_mode of my creation, but I’d settle for year_month_day_title.
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#3 2006-12-22 18:00:36
- Andrew
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
I’ve been messing around with zem_redirect, but that plugin appears to have some problems. Any ideas on permlink_mode migration?
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
Not sure if this is what you’re after, but the venerable sgb_url_handler would let you create the custom date format you’re looking for.
Permalinks, I dunno.
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#5 2006-12-23 17:18:28
- Andrew
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
I do see some mention of the /year/month/title format, but sungodbiff’s last post was well over a year ago and that forum thread ends in numerous pages of user issues, telling me that plugin is probably no longer in active development.
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#6 2006-12-23 17:28:12
- Andrew
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
Here are the things I wish to accomplish:
- Extend Textpattern to allow for
/year/month/title(via plugin) - 301 redirect to the new (custom) URL format any 404s matching the old URL format
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
All the above is possible with gbp_permanent_links
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#8 2006-12-23 18:00:44
- Andrew
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
Fantastic, I’ll check it out. Dunno how this little gem slipped by me :)
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Re: Date-based URLs, timezones, $permlink_mode & custom_url_func
Andrew wrote:
I do see some mention of the
/year/month/titleformat, but sungodbiff’s last post was well over a year ago and that forum thread ends in numerous pages of user issues, telling me that plugin is probably no longer in active development.
Yep, you’re right it’s an oldie. But it does pretty much handle any url scheme you can think of. And I haven’t had a problem with it yet.
Been too lazy to try Greame’s excellent sounding plugin, but Gol Darn, I’m gonna check it out right now…
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