Posted 2 years ago #
I'd like to add a "Share on Twitter" link to my blog posts.
Since I'm using pretty permalinks the_permalink() returns a long url.
Is there a way to continue to use pretty permalinks, but have the_permalink() return a short url, e.g. http://example.com/?p=N
You might want to have a look at some other Twitter plugins. Easy Retweet, for example, includes an option to enter a bit.ly API key (you'll need to get a free account first) - which means that all of your urls can be translated to a shortened bit.ly url.
Posted 2 years ago #
I know about plugins, but I'd like to use my own URL for SEO purposes. Also, what if bit.ly goes out of business? all my links would be useless.
Posted 2 years ago #
Assuming you're inside the loop $post->guid will give you the regular style permalink for that post, eg. example.com/?p=1
Can you just use $post->guid instead of the_permalink()?
Posted 2 years ago #
I don't see why not, do you have a differing opinion?.. :)
Sorry, I left for a while and should have refreshed the screen.
I'm doing some reasearch into using the guid value, and here's what it says on the http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post page:
guid
(string) A link to the post. Note: One cannot rely upon the GUID to be the permalink (as it previously was in pre-2.5), Nor can you expect it to be a valid link to the post. It's merely a unique identifier, which so happens to be a link to the post at present.
So, in the meantime, it seems like it's safe to use the GUID, but after a while it might not be...
The cure for this is to keep up to date on upcoming changes in WP.
Posted 2 years ago #
the_permalink() into the loop (e.g. archive.php of any theme) gives something like this:
http://example.com/?p=124
If I need to "insert" extra variables after the ID, e.g.:
http://example.com/?p=124&mycategory=3&myclient=john
I use this:
$myurl = get_post($post, ARRAY_N);
// this gives a numeric array of the class object, where $myurl[0] contains the ID of the post, even if we don't know if it is a "post" or a "page", but all my items are "posts"... and maybe $myurl[20] defines if it is a post or a page...
Then I write manually the new url:
<a href="?p=<? echo $myurl[0]; ?>&mycategory=<? echo $mycategory ?>&myclient=<? echo $myclient ?>">New URL</a>
Note that after the <a href, there is only the question mark.
hope this helps
Posted 2 years ago #
You'd be better off using add_query_arg to add additional parameters to a URL.
See:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_query_arg
Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks, t3, I will read carefully the codex directive, I'm a beginner, and you're a GREAT Moderator!!!
Thank you for your time!
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