'URL Portion' - Any Advantages / Disadvantages?
- Thread starter TheBigK
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The advantage is it looks better.
The disadvantage is if you set it now and change it later, any links pointing to it will break.
For example, if this http://xenforo.com/community/forums/announcements/ was ever changed then that link would no longer work.
The disadvantage is if you set it now and change it later, any links pointing to it will break.
For example, if this http://xenforo.com/community/forums/announcements/ was ever changed then that link would no longer work.
No, because the ID at the end of the URL will redirect the request.
In the same way it does when thread titles are changed.
For example: http://xenforo.com/community/forums/random-forum-name.5/
In the same way it does when thread titles are changed.
For example: http://xenforo.com/community/forums/random-forum-name.5/
Carlos
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If you think that's awesome...Oh Boy! Thanks a lot
XenForo's amazing!
...Try moving threads over to a new category ...and the links won't break on move. A lot of forum software don't allow for this seamless move.
TheBigK
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Hmm - are you saying that if I move from /community/forum.1/ to /community/forum.2/ , the links won't break?
Oh yeah! I think that's because the URLs do not have forum names!
DBA
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What (major) forum software doesn't allow this?Threads are in their own /threads/ "folder" so it doesn't matter where you move them to as the forum is never even referenced.
/community/threads/url-portion-any-advantages-disadvantages.27275/
Carlos
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Not vBulletin!
In vB3, it's not possible to move a thread from forum A, to forum B without the thread url breaking.
The way vBulletin's thread ID system works, was different than the one we see in xF.
With vBSEO, the redirection script embedded allowed thread move to direct persons to that thread.
DBA
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In vB3 or vB4?Not vBulletin!
DBA
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DBA
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That's probably for the best. Lol
DeltaHF
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Huh? That is not true at all. Thread ID's do not change when a thread is moved in vB 3.Not vBulletin!
In vB3, it's not possible to move a thread from forum A, to forum B without the thread url breaking.
The way vBulletin's thread ID system works, was different than the one we see in xF.
DBA
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Carlos
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That's funny because I remember having to change URL's in posts everytime I moved a thread from old forum to the new one. But hey, you and DBA can just ignore what I say... And not believe me. Ya know.
Yeah, real funny.
OverHere
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I can't find any specific info on 'URL Portion' - what exactly is this and what does it do? I mean I tried to enter a URL in that field but it doesn't accept? What is supposed to be put in their and in what format?
Thanks.
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