Is the a web2py app that uses slug or any example in the web2py manual. I asked because I don't see one and I would like to learn how slug is used as a controller to different blog post as mentioned.
On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 3:35:26 PM UTC-4, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 10:24:21 AM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> The usual trick is to generate URLs like >> >> https://domain.com/blog/145/this-is-an-article >> <http://domain.com/blog/this-is-an-article> >> >> where 145 is the id. The slug is just for show. >> > > I've seen sites (big sites, like for *Forbes* or *The Atlantic*) where > the slug was required, but could be trimmed (useful if you're a usenet > person not wanting to include a 3 line slug when you post the link). So > their "equivalent of a controller" is checking for presence, but not value. > > /dps > > > >> >> On Monday, 18 May 2015 12:10:37 UTC-5, Jean-François Milants wrote: >>> >>> I found out that what I'm trying to do is a 'slug', a unique name for >>> all of my posts. >>> However, I'm worried about the performances of the search of the post in >>> DB. >>> >>> For example, when the user will enter this URL : >>> https://domain.com/blog/this-is-an-article >>> >>> A request will be made in DB to search for the string 'this- >>> is-an-article <http://domain.com/blog/this-is-an-article>'. This >>> should'nt be an issue for a small DB, but this could become a bottleneck >>> when the DB will grow. >>> >>> How do you guys implement such a thing? >>> >>> >>> >>> Le samedi 16 mai 2015 16:41:36 UTC+2, Jean-François Milants a écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm writing a blog application, which allows me to create new blog post >>>> and have them listed on a page. >>>> >>>> In database, I have a table called "articles" which contains some field >>>> (id, title, content_text,...). >>>> >>>> For now, the URL to access to a specific blog post has the following >>>> structure : >>>> >>>> https://domain.com/blog/readArticle?articleId=23. >>>> >>>> Where : >>>> >>>> - Blog is the controller >>>> - readArticle() is the function that retrieves the blog article data >>>> - 23 is the ID of the article in the DB >>>> >>>> >>>> This is easy to implement, but no user/SEO friendly. >>>> >>>> I would like to improve the URL structure to something like: >>>> https://domain.com/blog/readArticle?article=this-is-an-article >>>> >>>> or >>>> https://domain.com/blog/this-is-an-article >>>> >>>> ... and I'm looking for the best way to do this. >>>> >>>> Should I modify my backend so that it will search the article based on >>>> its title (or 'slug'). >>>> Or should I use the 'router' in some advanced ways? >>>> >>>> I'm sure a lot of people has already done that. Any ideas or >>>> suggestions? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
