[wp-hackers] Make WP_Rewrite eaiser to use

[Peter Westwood]

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Sam Angove wrote:
> On 2/6/06, Peter Westwood <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk> wrote:
>> I am getting to know it quite well at the moment trying to put together
>> a patch for this old trac ticket - http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/301
>> (current inprogress patch attached)
> 
> It'll clutter the interface something shocking. I agree with that
> ticket inasmuch as there should be more tokens used, though -- %page%
> instead of hard-coded /page/, %trackback%, %attachment%, %date% etc.
> For i18n if nothing else.
> 
> You can change the bases via plugin; here's one with no admin interface:
> 
> <?php
> /*
> Plugin Name: Ace of Base
> */
> 
> class AllYourBase {
> 	function change_of_base() {
> 		global $wp_rewrite;
> 		$wp_rewrite->feed_base = 'dinner';
> 		$wp_rewrite->author_base = 'hemingway';
> 		$wp_rewrite->comments_base = 'gossip';
> 		$wp_rewrite->search_base = 'mountainview';
> 	}
> }
> add_filter( 'init', array('AllYourBase', 'change_of_base') );
> ?>

This will work _except_ for feeds.  The rewrite rules for feeds expect
the feed_base to be feed and don't match when it is changed - you end up
with the feed links 404'ing.

This is the part of the patch that has been causing me the most grief
but I'm getting there.

westi
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Peter Westwood
http://blog.ftwr.co.uk
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