add prefix to the url

[Kintaro]

someone is interested in this?

so the url will incorporate prefix, I think can be useful for classifieds section or for other sections.

example:
https://example.com/community/threads/for-sale-green-bike.20091/

where "for sale" is the prefix and "green bike" is the thread title

 

[Kerby]

Further it could be also an idea where the forum of the thread is also in URL. Like in WordPress category in URL. New option for each node.

 

[Kintaro]

Further it could be also an idea where the forum of the thread is also in URL. Like in WordPress category in URL. New option for each node.

Well, if you want this it's better to create a different thread in the suggestions forum so interested users will be able to vote it with likes to the first post.

 

[Kintaro]

other examples:

thread:
https://example.com/community/threads/for-sale/green-bike.20091/
filtered thread list page:
https://example.com/community/prefix/for-sale.1/


p.s. I added a new reply, instead of editing the first post, because the edit button is not available.

 

[Kintaro]

https://xf2demo.xenforo.com/forums/bug-reports.7/?prefix_id=2
on xenforo 2

 

[Martok]

https://xf2demo.xenforo.com/forums/bug-reports.7/?prefix_id=2
on xenforo 2

What are you pointing out here? IF you are referring to the prefix_id at the end of the URL, that's in XF1 too.

https://xenforo.com/community/forums/bugs/?prefix_id=6

 

[Kintaro]

@Martok have you read the first post?

 

[Martok]

@Kintaro yes I have and I know that you want tags to go in the actual URL (and I understand your example). I just don't understand what you are linking to, apart from a whole bunch of confirmed bug reports on XF2.

 

[Paul B]

I believe he's pointing out that it's possible in XF2.

Which essentially means this suggestion is implemented.

 

[Martok]

@Brogan is it? I've not seen tags within the actual URL itself in XF2, only in the URL that @Kintaro posted which filters the tags and, as I pointed out, this is also possible in XF1.

 

[Kintaro]

I believe he's pointing out that it's possible in XF2.

Which essentially means this suggestion is implemented.

well no... as far I see it's not implemented

@Martok I was linking to a random prefix page on xf2demo

 

[Kintaro]

the first post suggests to have the TEXT of the prefix in the url to make it set friendly and not the prefix id

 

[Martok]

well no... as far I see it's not implemented

@Martok I was linking to a random prefix page on xf2demo

It would be helpful to be clearer in your posts then rather than just post a link and a smiley.

As for it not being implemented (yet), then that doesn't surprise me at this stage, your suggestion was only posted 3 months before the Alpha preview and so far only has 5 likes.

 

[Kintaro]

and so far only has 5 likes

number of likes is not the only thing that xenforo ltd's devs look when evaluate suggestions

(I think I read that somewhere... I hope it wasn't a dream!)

 

[Paul B]

It's also worth pointing out that bumping suggestions is not generally accepted.

 

[wjosh45]

This would be great, I'm currently migrating a forum to Xenforo and trying to collapse many of the sub forums using prefix. It would be great if the prefix would show in the URL (not the ID but prefix name)... and ideally a user could watch the prefix like a thread and get alerts etc.

 

[sub_ubi]

This would be great, I'm currently migrating a forum to Xenforo and trying to collapse many of the sub forums using prefix. It would be great if the prefix would show in the URL (not the ID but prefix name)... and ideally a user could watch the prefix like a thread and get alerts etc.

I agree. I considered using tags since they have seo-friendly urls, but users prefer prefixes.

 

[CNK]

I'm also waiting for more seo friendly prefixes

 

[Kintaro]

Meanwhile, I noticed (I never tried before) that if I add some text on the URL like this:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/MYPREFIX-add-prefix-to-the-url.119870/#post-1257990
Xenforo replies with a 301 permanent redirect and it takes you to the right post.

It's the same behavior that it follows loading https://xenforo.com/community/threads/119870/

 

[CNK]

yes, but I don't think lots of 301 internal redirects are good way to improve SEO on forum ;-)