[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12405: Query String based Permalinks

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#12405: Query String based Permalinks
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe     |       Owner:  ryan
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Permalinks   |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by mikeschinkel):

 Replying to [comment:4 mbijon]:
 > Mike, what do you mean by "either of these ideas"? Obviously the
 hashbangs, but do you dislike query string permalinks in-general or my
 minor suggestion on preceding slash?

 All of it.  I'd really hate to see any movement away from standard
 permalinks for many reasons.

 Reasons:

 - The inclusion of a question mark makes URLs more cryptic and makes less
 technical people discount them as being understandable.

 - It makes them longer and more characters to type.
 `http://example.com/foo/` vs. `http://example.com/?/foo/`

 - It gives people less reason to actually fix their permalinks.

 - Worst of all, given that WordPress addresses 65 millions sites, it sets
 a precedent just like Twitter did. People who don't think through the
 ramifications think ''"Oh, that's now the cool way to build websites"''
 and they mimic it. With great power comes great responsibility.

 Much better IMO to put a big Akismet style notice that says:

 > ''"YOU '''REALLY''' NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PERMALINKS, OR GOOGLE WILL
 FORESAKE YOU.
 >
 > HERE'S HOW!"''

 I also think if we put our heads together we could come up with a better
 way to enable hosts to make this work. But that's a much longer discussion
 that I doubt anyone wants to tackle this close to 3.3 release...

 Anyway, in general I really dislike ideology or zealotry, but I'll admit
 to being an ideologue and a zealot when it comes to URLs...

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