News URL ID : Change The Story ID to Title?

Lieutenant Joined: Aug 16, 2004 Posts: 163

Hello,

I was wondering if there's a way or a modification already made to make the STORY URL to consist of it's TITLE instead of it's STORY ID.....?

Example:
modules.php?name= News&file=article&sid=Nuke+Cops+Revolutionalize+The+Game

Instead of:
modules.php?name= News&file=article&sid=1568

Same thing for the forum topics

Example:
modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=Nuke+Cops+Revolutionalize+The+Game

Instead of:
modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1567

Why would I want this? I think it would help in search engines.. right?

So, what do yall say? Do you think it's possible or already done?

Thanks for your time guys.

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:03 am

Hello

Instead of, for example...

modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=Nuke+Cops+Revolutionalize+The+Game

...open viewtopic.php and find the line that creates the URL. Keep the topic parameter (t) intact as this is required, but try making a new one, example &title=$title.

If you want + in the URL instead of %20, that'll probably require additional code, but that's not something I can figure out off the top of my head.

OR, try looking into GoogleTap, I think that is essentially what you're trying to do.

Regards,
M_M

Lieutenant Joined: Aug 16, 2004 Posts: 163

Thanks for your reply but that doesn't show up anywhere.