[p2pu-dev] Using IDs for courses rather than slugs

[Pieter Kleymeer]

A third option, though it might be a lot more database work, would be to 
offer a URL alias field for each course. When a course is created, it would 
be automatically assigned a unique ID (e.g., "/courses/465/"), which can 
serve as the initial URL and the URL for all editing purposes 
("/courses/465/edit"). But the owner/editor of the course can create an 
alias URL (e.g., "/courses/the-quick-brown-fox/") that the end-user sees. 
Drupal does this pretty well and it's especially nice for both creating 
URLs that are user-friendly and being able to update the URL if you change 
the name of the course or whatever. 


On Friday, August 31, 2012 3:42:10 AM UTC-4, Dirk wrote:
>
> Hi everyone 
>
> Stian mentioned this a while ago. It comes down to a URL being 
> "/courses/465/" instead of "/courses/help-me-learn/". 
>
> We have a few options: 
>
> We can add the slug after the ID - "/courses/465/help-me-learn/". It 
> won't really be used, so '/courses/465/the-quick-brown-fox/" would be 
> equivalent. 
>
> We can also try to resolve something like "/courses/help-me-learn/" to 
> "/courses/465/help-me-learn/" if the slug exists. But if the slug then 
> changes, "/courses/help-me-learn/" would return a 404 (page not 
> found). 
>
> Would everyone be happy if we simply used the ID ("/courses/465/") and 
> what would the benefit be of adding a slug after the ID? 
>
> Cheers 
> Dirk 
>
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