Up front, let me say, I'm not arguing against URL rewriting for what
many call clean URLs, and others call friendly... btw, are they clean,
or are they friendly? I'm just curious what makes them popular. Now my
comments:
Lonnie Olson wrote:
Clean URLs are beautiful things.
Which do you think is prettier?
http://flfn.org/?q=node/14
vs
http://flfn.org/node/14
vs
http://flfn.org/blog/spelling_check_her
Besides pretty there are other benefits to clean URLs:
* keywords in the URL for SEO
Good point there - my URL simply has the key value, not search friendly
at all... Score 1 - for clean URLs.
* obvious understanding what the URL is for before you click
Yep, I've clicked on a URL or 2 that I regretted... 2 points.
* geek points
OK, scoring points with fellow geeks is also cool... 3 points.
There are several ways to implement clean URLs:
* mod_rewrite - a little painful to setup, and processing power is
quite minimal.
* ForceType - simple to implement, but adding new sections requires
more management
* ErrorDocument - simple and elegant.
http://hades.phparch.com/ceres/public/tek/talk/index.php/Apache_Error_Documents_with_PHP
FYI the processing power required to run mod_rewrite is very minimal.
Especially when compared to database transactions.
A presentation by Mac Newbold can easily score 50 points or more, but
alas, the URL only introduces the topic for an event I couldn't attend.
First, I didn't know about it and...
/me pulls out his empty pockets to demonstrate lack of cash
I'd attend all the local MySQL events if I had an extra $2000-$3000
lying around. Anyone have the presentation content, a summary, a
paraphrase, or even just a tasty morsel/crumb from Mac's presentation?
Maybe... Mac does?
Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org
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