<p>I'd like to see the <strong>category</strong> and <strong>post</strong> URL's expanded to use the title of the category and post titles, etc.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Current URL Structure</h2><pre style="overflow-x: auto; max-width: 100%; white-space: pre; padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 8px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><code style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">/topic/1
/topic/123
</code></pre><h2 style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Proposed SEO-Friendly Structure</h2><pre style="overflow-x: auto; max-width: 100%; white-space: pre; padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 8px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><code style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">/topic/1/welcome-to-liteforum
/topic/123/how-to-install-on-windows
</code></pre><p style="display: inline; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><p><br></p><ol style="padding-inline-start: 1.5em; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li><strong>Better SEO</strong><span> </span>- Search engines favor descriptive URLs</li><li><strong>User-friendly</strong><span> </span>- Users can see topic content from URL</li><li><strong>Shareable</strong><span> </span>- More descriptive when sharing links</li><li><strong>Professional</strong><span> </span>- Looks more polished</li></ol><p style="display: inline; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong>Implementation would be simple:</strong></p><p><br></p><ol style="padding-inline-start: 1.5em; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li><p style="display: inline;"><strong>Generate slug from topic title:</strong></p><pre style="overflow-x: auto; max-width: 100%; white-space: pre; padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 8px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-php" style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">function createSlug($title) {
$slug = strtolower(trim($title));
$slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9-]/', '-', $slug);
$slug = preg_replace('/-+/', '-', $slug);
return trim($slug, '-');
}
</code></pre></li><li><p style="display: inline;"><strong>Update URL helper:</strong></p><pre style="overflow-x: auto; max-width: 100%; white-space: pre; padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 8px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-php" style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">public static function topic($id, $title = '', $page = 1)
{
$slug = $title ? '/' . createSlug($title) : '';
if (self::isRewriteEnabled()) {
$url = self::buildPath("/topic/$id$slug");
return ($page > 1) ? $url . "?p=$page" : $url;
}
// Query string stays the same (slug optional)
$url = self::buildPath("/index.php?page=topic&id=$id");
return ($page > 1) ? $url . "&p=$page" : $url;
}
</code></pre></li><li><p style="display: inline;"><strong>Router ignores slug, uses only ID:</strong></p><pre style="overflow-x: auto; max-width: 100%; white-space: pre; padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 8px 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="language-php" style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">// .htaccess or router
// /topic/123/any-slug-here -> uses only 12</code></pre></li></ol><p style="display: inline; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong>Backward compatible</strong><span> </span>- Old URLs<span> </span><code style="font-family: monospace; color: rgb(208, 208, 208); background-color: rgb(60, 60, 60); padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 3px; font-size: 14px; word-break: break-word;">/topic/123</code><span> </span>still work, slug is optional and ignored by router (only ID matters).</p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span> </span></span><br></p><br><p><br></p>
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