History: TikiWikiRewriteRule

a very wise post from Loyd Wood :

for the upcoming version, you say:
"Search-engine friendliness: Re-write rules added so your Tiki objects
can be accessed in a search-engine friendly way"

What would it take to provide better naming of tiki pages?
wiki/RandomSubjectName
is far better expressed as
wiki/Random-Subject-Name

so that e.g. google can pick up on the individual words and index them
with high priority. Most 80sTrendyAppleCaps wikis fare badly in search
engines as a result; the hyphenated form should imo be the default,
and that would work better with typos and Apache's mod_speling too.

thanks.

L.

Loyd: I think spaces are now supported in object names, so: wiki/Random+Subject+Name
SEWilco 2004-04-14

here is the rewrite activated on tikiwiki.org (08-17-2003)

  RewriteEngine On

  # direct one-word access
  RewriteRule ^articles$             /tiki-view_articles.php                   [L]
  RewriteRule ^blogs$                /tiki-list_blogs.php                      [L]
  RewriteRule ^categories$           /tiki-browse_categories.php               [L]
  RewriteRule ^charts$               /tiki-list_charts.php                     [L]
  RewriteRule ^chat$                 /tiki-chat.php                            [L]
  RewriteRule ^contact$              /tiki-contact.php                         [L]
  RewriteRule ^directories$          /tiki-directory_browse.php                [L]
  RewriteRule ^eph$                  /tiki-eph.php                             [L]
  RewriteRule ^faqs$                 /tiki-list_faqs.php                       [L]
  RewriteRule ^files$                /tiki-file_galleries.php                  [L]
  RewriteRule ^forums$               /tiki-forums.php                          [L]
  RewriteRule ^images$               /tiki-galleries.php                       [L]
  RewriteRule ^galleries$            /tiki-galleries.php                       [L]
  RewriteRule ^games$                /tiki-list_games.php                      [L]
  RewriteRule ^my$                   /tiki-my_tiki.php                         [L]
  RewriteRule ^newsletters$          /tiki-newsletters.php                     [L]
  RewriteRule ^quizzes$              /tiki-list_quizzes.php                    [L]
  RewriteRule ^stats$                /tiki-stats.php                           [L]
  RewriteRule ^surveys$              /tiki-list_surveys.php                    [L]
  RewriteRule ^trackers$             /tiki-list_trackers.php                   [L]
  RewriteRule ^irc$                  /tiki-irc_logs.php                        [L]
  RewriteRule ^mobile$               /tiki-mobile.php                          [L]
  RewriteRule ^wml$                  /tiki-mobile.php                          [L]

  # access any object by its numeric identifier
  RewriteRule ^article([0-9]+)       /tiki-read_article.php?articleId=$1       [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^art([0-9]+)           /tiki-read_article.php?articleId=$1       [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)           /tiki-browse_categories.php?parentId=$1   [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^blog([0-9]+)          /tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=$1             [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^chart([0-9]+)         /tiki-view_chart.php?chartId=$1           [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^directory([0-9]+)     /tiki-directory_browse.php?parent=$1      [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^eph([0-9]+)           /tiki-directory_browse.php?parent=$1      [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^faq([0-9]+)           /tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=$1               [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^file([0-9]+)          /tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=$1  [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^dl([0-9]+)            /tiki-download_file.php?fileId=$1         [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)         /tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=$1           [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^image([0-9]+)         /tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=$1     [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^gallery([0-9]+)       /tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=$1     [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^newsletter([0-9]+)    /tiki-newsletters.php?nlId=$1             [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^quiz([0-9]+)          /tiki-take_quiz.php?quizId=$1             [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^survey([0-9]+)        /tiki-take_survey.php?surveyId=$1         [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^tracker([0-9]+)       /tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=$1       [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^wiki-([A-Za-z0-9]+)   /tiki-index.php?page=$1                   [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^page-([A-Za-z0-9]+)   /tiki-index.php?page=$1                   [QSA,L]
  RewriteRule ^irc([0-9]+)           /tiki-irc_logs.php?focus=$1               [QSA,L]

  # todo add support for all characters allowed in a Wiki name
  # make sure this is the last rule!
  RewriteRule ^([-_\+A-Za-z0-9]+)$    /tiki-index.php?page=$1                   [QSA,L]

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Fixed the rewrite rules a bit, primarily by trial and error, based on http://tikiwiki.org/SEFURLs - Having a "slash" in beginning of the the rewriterule didn't work,
is this an apache2 thing maybe? Don't think spacing in Wiki names will work yet either.
FunkyPenguin 2004-07-01
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For an example, please see: http://tikiwiki.org/apache.conf