Comments on: Simple Permalink Trick

By: Traffic Web Domain

Traffic Web Domain — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:59:17 +0000

i read an article. they said better using yourwebsitedotcom/category/blah-blahblah.html than yourwebsitedotcom/category/blah-blahblah

is it true ? i still learning

By: Matt Browne

Matt Browne — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:59:19 +0000

You guys did better than CNBC, you made the _National_ Nightly news. I posted a link on my blog, mattbrowne.com. Great work!!

By: Tara Anderson

Tara Anderson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:37:36 +0000

Andrew, I just started my personal blog and am learning about Wordpress through a lot of trial and error. After publishing my second post, I saw the ugly permalink (?p=6) and immediately remembered this post you wrote. You helped me out and in the process, I learned how to rewrite some .htaccess files. While I’m not exactly sure what that means, I did it and now have beautiful permalinks. Thanks dude!

By: Kevin Menzie

Kevin Menzie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:28:06 +0000

Just noticed that just using /%postname%/ actually breaks the WordPress in_category() function. However, if I use their pre-set date-based structure, it works fine.

By: My Domains » Blog Archive » Biggest Blogging Mistakes of 07

My Domains » Blog Archive » Biggest Blogging Mistakes of 07 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:53:51 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:23:56 +0000

@Chris yes, the date can be very helpful

I wonder if it helps or hurts you? Does it cloud the URL or does it provide relevant data? Would a google search of 2008 simple permalink trick not work for my current structure, but work really well with yours?

By: Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:29:36 +0000

Personally, I like to see the date and name based structure. I helps when I’m scrolling through search results in Google and want to get information that’s up to date.

Older posts can make good reference material, but I’ve been burned more than once following something from an article I later find out was dated.

Just an extra nicety for the end-user, but either way works just so long as there’s no ugly question mark in the url.

By: Andrew Hyde » Blog Archive » Biggest Blogging Mistakes of 07

Andrew Hyde » Blog Archive » Biggest Blogging Mistakes of 07 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:42:47 +0000

[...] Pet peeve of mine, really simple to fix. [...]

By: Kevin Menzie

Kevin Menzie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:36:06 +0000

That was too simple. Thanks for the tip! I’ve been wondering about that.

By: Friendly Intelligence - December 15, 2007

Friendly Intelligence - December 15, 2007 — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:13:41 +0000

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