mod_rewrite

[Imajica]

Evening Folks,

I found where to set up mod_rewrite but I want to clean up the format of the links a little
ie: link to a particular post is

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/archives/351-A-New-Favorite.html

and I want it to look like:

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/archives/A-New-Favorite.html

or

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/A-New-Favorite.html

likewise categories like:

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/categories/22-Artists

I would like to be

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/categories/Artists

or

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http://www.notmywebhost.com/Artists

since I am very new to this platform I have to ask if this is possible with Serendipity

Thanks
John

[yellowled]

I have to ask if this is possible with Serendipity

Technically, it is possible (there's a “but” coming up, though) to set this in Settings/Configuration → Permalinks. (Also see the docs on permalink configuation.)

Here's the “but”: You want to remove what we call the unique article ID, and that is not recommended because it speeds up the performance of your blog.

[…] you should try to use the %id% value where possible to prevent Serendipity from querying the database to lookup the target URL.

Meaning, the number that you would like to remove is a unique identifier for each article which prevents s9y from having to look up the article in the database, which is quite ”expensive”. Along the way, it also prevents you from accidentally creating article with the exact same URL (since there's always a unique component in your URLs).

YL

[Imajica]

that is a perfectly reasonable explanation and I will accept your advice

Thanks
John