How far to go with "Pretty URLs"?

Server Config
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My website uses “Pretty URLs” like this…

http://local.debbie/finance/articles/postage-meters-can-save-you-money

How far should I take this approach?

For consistency - or whatever - should I create mod_rewrites for simple URLs like this…

http://local.debbie/account/my-account.php

Sincerely,

Debbie

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For purposes of consistency, it would make sense to use SEF URLs on everything, though you don’t necessarily need to. That’s what I generally do. My rewrite in htaccess sends requests to a file which then uses a switch statement to determine which resource is being requested then loads the appropriate include files. Adding SEF support for another page pretty much is a simple process requiring only an additional entry in the switch statement. The choice is yours whether or not to do it depending on your preferences.

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Personally, I’d check for existing directory and file before redirecting on “pretty URIs.” The other “technique” would be to disallow the dot character (and /'s) in your redirections to eliminate filenames.

Regards

DK

4

I’m not understanding you?!

In this URL…

http://local.debbie/account/my-account.php

I have a script called “my-account.php” in a directory called “account” in my Web Root.

Debbie

5

DD,

RewriteCond {REQUEST_FILENAME} -d // checks for the request being a directory
RewriteCond {REQUEST_FILENAME} -f // checks for the request being a file

If both fail (in other words, use !-d and !-f to be true AND true), then do your redirection which will NOT affect any directory or file request.

Regards,

DK