.htaccess/index.php fix? - Re: refreshed website soft launched

Tue Feb 24 14:30:23 UTC 2009

Hey Blake, Just re: how the site was made, I believe it's from a CMS called
CMS Made Simple.....so I dont know how feasable it is to remove the existing
uri structure....perhaps the CMS has a feature to turn off these unfriendly
urls?
Jacob

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:28 PM, electBlake <electblake at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alo Alo,
>
> First off, VERY nice. I *love* that initial landing page, its clean, calm
> and collective. Its fun and inviting and is exactly what it needs to be :)
>
> Anyway,
> I did have one little suggestion.
>
>
> fluidproject.org/*index.php/pages*
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *This was the first thing I noticed about the site (after those sexy
> icons), and I was curious about it.*
>
> *From what I can tell this was written from scratch right? (or at least I
> can't spot any framework/cms clues) so I'd like to suggest we rewrite the
> urls using .htaccess to take out that index.php.*
> If we are going to consider this, we should think about it sooner then
> later - for SEO purposes (among other problems down the line) changing our
> link structure should be handled upfront.
>
> *My Solution Offering*
>
> For my personal experiments I often use codeigniter.com - a cool but not
> suitable for open source distribution php framework. By default codeigniter
> uses this sort of method for browsing pages.
> Because of this, I have a standard .htaccess file that I find works great
> (I've included the link and code below)
>
> from: http://codeigniter.com/wiki/mod_rewrite/
>
> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
>     RewriteEngine On
>     RewriteBase /
>
>     #Removes access to the system folder by users.
>     #Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
>     #previously this would not have been possible.
>     #'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
>     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
>     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
>
>     #Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
>     #such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
>     #request to index.php
>     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
>     #This last condition enables access to the images and css folders, and
> the robots.txt file
>     #Submitted by Michael Radlmaier (mradlmaier)
>     RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt|css)
>     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
> </IfModule>
>
>
> As you can see there are some leftovers I've included that are specific to
> codeigniter (the disallowing of access to the /system folder), but I feel
> that they are worthy of inclusion in this email as we may find a use for
> them.
>
>
> *Problems from a Programming Standpoint?*
> Well, depending on how the page keys are passed into index.php we may need
> to do a little rewriting. If we are using the URI then we have to adjust to
> work with NOT having the index.php in there.
> Something to note is that the php can be written that old links will work
> as well, that is, index.php/page driven links
>
> I'd give any help thats needed, as I do have experience with this
> situation.
>
> I don't mean to step on any toes, and I don't know if this is schedule, I
> just want the fluidproject site to be the best it can be (and you asked for
> feedback :))
>
> :D
>
> Great work Fluidees,
>
> Blake
>
> On 21-Feb-09, at 12:26 AM, Jess Mitchell wrote:
>
> Hey All,
> I just wanted to send a note out to let the list know that we "soft
> launched" the Fluid website today.
> http://fluidproject.org/
> Soft launched means we're still working on it, we know there are a lot of
> opportunities for improvement and we want feedback.
>
> I want to thank Laurel, Erin, and Jacob for all their hard work on (in no
> particular order) creating, moving, and polishing the site.  I'd also like
> to encourage you to chew on this site with us, help us improve it, and give
> us a hand in doing that.  This is a great moment in Fluid for us all to have
> a web impact -- it's as simple as submitting ideas or code or chatting with
> the community about your ideas.
>
> Ideas that we'd like to work on:
> 1. info architecture -- did we get it right?
> 2. jumping off the site -- we have a lot of links that bounce to other
> places -- how can we best handle that?
> 3. related to 2. how do we keep the website clean and light and not too
> deep and meaningfully link to the content in the wiki, where it is most
> updated?
> 4. I see a number of opportunities for Fluid components -- what a wonderful
> way to showcase our work!
> 5. I've made some effort to clarify what Fluid is and what our projects are
> -- is this clear?  (I'm sure it can be clearer).
> 6. code beautification -- it's time to iterate!  We're artists with a real
> interest in the aesthetic...  so we'll keep tweaking.
>
> What else?
>
> Best,
>
> Jess
>
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Jacob Farber
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