latest posts

drsyntax · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 9

can we make the latest posts links on the index page: "/forums/the-topic-name-txx.html" instead of "/forums/postxx.html"

dcz · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: latest posts

Soon

Currently recruiting team before major updates will be relased.

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sedted · Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 3

any progress? I'm currently trying to code a solution but it's seems a bit complex...

sedted · Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 3

It seems to fixed in this forum but not in the latest release I use, mixed mode 0.2.4.

dcz · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: Re: latest posts

This forum is experimental, but yes, we'll soon release the "no duplicate" Wink

sedted · Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 3

I see.

But I fixed it by replacing the POST_POST_URL to POST_TOPIC_URL and added start=$start in viewtopic,viewforum and index. Had to add a custom start to viewtopic and index also. Haven't fixed the search...but it's not that important.

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic319996-30.html#1656369

stevefree · Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

dcz · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: Re: latest posts

Well, that's the reason why we ask bot not to take these into account, have you implemented the suggested robots.txt ?

Post URLs in phpBB are not that easy to deal with went it comes to URL rewriting, especially with some mods when the topic title they come from is not available in the code and worst when they are posted within a thread's pagination, not the last page.

It can imply extra SQL, up to one per link.

The robots.txt disallow is thus important, and is a really working solution SEO wise. Then, the zero duplicate will handle post urls used in href links and will redirect them.

Getting fully rid of post urls is already made possible with phpBB3, but it's not something that will necessarily be needed in all cases, because it will break the one message one url rule. Not that there will be duplicates, the zero duplicate is here, but if for example you move a message to a new thread, the older url to the post using the topic URL with # won't lead to the new post location.
This can be a rare occurrence, but this is the type of thing one should think about. That's the only meaning of these post urls, to keep track of each post independently from the topic they are posted in.

The phpBB2 no duplicate is been planed for some time now, pretty close to be released, you can wait without any trouble with the appropriate robots.txt.

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stevefree · Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

dcz · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: latest posts

Great