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Created page with "A "Pretty URL" is one that is short, memorable, and easy to type. It's not the same as a Persistent URL (PURL), but ideally, your persistent URLs are also Pretty. For most C..."
A "Pretty URL" is one that is short, memorable, and easy to type. It's not the same as a Persistent URL (PURL), but ideally, your persistent URLs are also Pretty.
For most Content Management Systems or other web application software the system creates a new URL for a piece of content. Making the URL 'pretty' can be a straightforward task that usually involves URL rewriting features of your web server in addition to some configuration of the application.
== MediaWiki ==
For MediaWiki, first you should get '[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL short URLs]' working. Then, you can also add '[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgActionPaths ActionPaths]' so that even the edit, delete, unwatch, etc. actions are "clean" too. This results in a wiki that has article URLs present in a REST-like manner with the action "verb" at the end. The default 'view' action is assumed and left off.
{{Feature
|explains= Pretty URL
|description=clean and SEO friendly URLs
|notes=
|tests=
|examples=https://freephile.org/wiki/Pretty_URL/watch
}}
For most Content Management Systems or other web application software the system creates a new URL for a piece of content. Making the URL 'pretty' can be a straightforward task that usually involves URL rewriting features of your web server in addition to some configuration of the application.
== MediaWiki ==
For MediaWiki, first you should get '[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL short URLs]' working. Then, you can also add '[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgActionPaths ActionPaths]' so that even the edit, delete, unwatch, etc. actions are "clean" too. This results in a wiki that has article URLs present in a REST-like manner with the action "verb" at the end. The default 'view' action is assumed and left off.
{{Feature
|explains= Pretty URL
|description=clean and SEO friendly URLs
|notes=
|tests=
|examples=https://freephile.org/wiki/Pretty_URL/watch
}}
