[TYPO3-english] simulateStaticDocuments: Getting rid of "alias" in URLs without loosing page rank!?

[Peter Russ]

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Absender:   Martin Bless
Datum:       02.04.2010 00:58:
> [Peter Russ] wrote & schrieb:
> 
>>> [Martin Bless] 
>>> Wishful thinking ...
>>> An option would be great that tells simulateStaticDocuments to always
>>> use numbers on creation of links while still accepting aliases on
>>> receiving.
>>>
>>>
>>> Switching to realurl or cooluri ist not an option.
>> Check the appropriate pages and do a permanent redirect to the new ones. 
>> Google will accept that whithout loosing page rank.
> 
> Ok, that's an option. But not really, since there are ca. 1.300 pages
> with aliases.
> 
> Meanwhile I've looked into the code. It seems that only a single line
> has to be changed to make my dream come true:
> $url = $this->makeSimulatedFileName(
> 	$page['title'],
> 	($page['alias'] ? $page['alias'] : $page['uid']), // gotcha!
> 	intval($parameters['typeNum']),
> 	$LD['linkVars'],
> 	($LD['no_cache'] ? true : false)
> );
> 
> I did a quick test. If I change it to 
> 	($page['alias'] ? $page['uid'] : $page['uid']),	// gotcha!
> 
> the alias isn't used any more for link generation. But it's still
> accepted when received. 
> 
> Maybe I'll do some further testing and invent an option like
> $this->conf['simulateStaticDocuments_noAliases'] and prepare a patch.

If you do rewrite correctly (i.e. there is a rule how the link is 
composed; you can use that to split into the compents), then you would 
only need a few line of rewrite. That's better than hacking the code or 
XCLASSing.

Peter.

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