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Use "URI Templates" for Permalink configuration

1. Mike Schinkel [WPLib Box project lead]
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   There is a IETF draft specification that is likely to become a standard for specify URL patterns called "URI Templates" [1]. At a high level it differs from current Permalink configuration by using braces "{}" instead of percent signs "%%" as delimiters:

   /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
   /{year}/{monthnum}/{day}/{postname}/

   Doing this will prepare for interoperability with other future URL-related management software.

   [1] http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gregorio-uritemplate-00.txt

   Posted: 11 years ago #

2. Jonathan Landrum
   Inactive

   What does that have to do with WordPress? I'm pretty sure the developers can use whatever they want there, so long as they code the program to recognize those symbols.

   Posted: 11 years ago #

3. h3h
   Member

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   It has a lot to do with WordPress -- the permalinks are specified on the Permalinks Options page in the admin interface.

   +1

   Posted: 11 years ago #

4. hargetheterrible
   Member

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   It will make developers life a lot easier if URI templates would be included in WordPress.

   Posted: 9 years ago #

5. Dgold
   Member

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   In any case, the options for permalinks need to be spelled-out on the Permalinks settings page of your wp-admin. It used to be there, but now you have to cross-reference the codex, and unfortunately most new Users just stick with the default permalink choices instead of customizing.

   Posted: 9 years ago #

6. Rami Yushuvaev
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   http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=2486

   Posted: 9 years ago #

7. Aaron D. Campbell
   Member

   The specification linked to gives a 404. Also, unless this really *did* become a widely accepted standard, I think it's time to close this.

   Posted: 8 years ago #

8. Ryan McCue
   Member

   Since the first I-D Mike linked to, the draft has been updated (most recently, on the 8th of March) and it expires September 9, so I'd say it's still in the running.

   That aside, it is still an I-D, so I think it's irrelevant for now.

   Posted: 8 years ago #

9. Social Media Agency
   Member

   Personally, I think their time could be better spent making the most popular permalink /%postname%/ more efficient instead of warning people that it will slow their WP down.

   I'm not sure they should run off and make a bunch of changes to support a draft that may never be adopted as a real standard.

   Tommy
   Social Media Strategy

   Posted: 8 years ago #

10. Paul Gregory
    Inactive

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    Idea is bad.

    1) There is no "other future URL-related management software" that WP needs to prepare for interoperability with.

    2) Current WP method has been the standard WP method for several years - therefore people will look to existing WordPress references for information on permalinks.

    3) 'It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress."' - and with only 4 revisions in 3 years this is not work that is progressing fast.

    4) It's an *incomplete* draft, with a number of areas of relevance to WP simply saying "TBD".

    5) Proposal seeks only to match on a cosmetic level the URI Template standard, under the delusion this is a significant step towards actually implementing the standard.

    6) Idea therefore boils down to "use {} instead of %%". % is easier to find on keyboards than {}, and is unlikely to be mistaken for () or [].

    So not even "Maybe Later" but "Not Core".

    Posted: 8 years ago #

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