Is there a way now, or in the future, to remove /entry/ string from the urls
By Sean Carney on Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Posted in General
Likes 0
Views 612
Votes 0
There is only one thing I can think of that I wish would work differently in EasyBlog which is that EasyBlog generates urls with the string /entry/ in the url that does NOT resolve to any actual content.

I am assuming maybe this was done in order to be able to have a space you controlled in order to be able to remove the Item IDs from EasyBlog urls?

Now that Joomla has the 'experimental routing' working it has become possible to remove the item IDs from Joomla content and I am hoping it might be possible to not have to use the filler strings such as /entry/ for urls in EasyBlog eventually.

Previously, before using EasyBlog I always made sure that all the potential pieces of any urls generated by my web sites could display content.

For example. Right now I am playing with a software for creating Amazon storefronts that has created the following URL (Using EasyBlog):

https://www.drcarney.com/shop/amazon-storefront/kitchen-dining/cookware/entry/instant-pot-duo60

All of the following urls will also display content:

https://www.drcarney.com/shop
https://www.drcarney.com/shop/amazon-storefront
https://www.drcarney.com/shop/amazon-storefront/kitchen-dining
https://www.drcarney.com/shop/amazon-storefront/kitchen-dining/cookware

However this url will NOT display content:
https://www.drcarney.com/shop/amazon-storefront/kitchen-dining/cookware/entry

So, to me it feels a bit like the site is broken and this is something that I wish did not have to be. Is there a chance that eventually the requirement to have this string will be removed?

Thanks, Sean
If you are using the categorized url, the "entry" needs to be there as it needs to identify the view that is being accessed. The only way to not have /entry/ in the URL is to use the simple URL structure but this also means that you wouldn't be getting the entire category structure on the URL.

We are looking at ways to improve the URL structure in the next major release
Mark
·
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 09:53
·
0 Likes
·
0 Votes
·
0 Comments
·
I will be looking for your next major release then in hopes to be able to get the categories in the urls and also not have the need for the 'empty' potential urls. Once you have this it will be a BIG deal for me to implement because it means I will break and then have to fix many URLs on my site. But, I think it will be worth it to have what I think of as 'clean' urls.

Thank you for considering this.

Sean
Sean Carney
·
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:57
·
0 Likes
·
0 Votes
·
0 Comments
·
No problem Sean
Mark
·
Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:58
·
0 Likes
·
0 Votes
·
0 Comments
·
View Full Post