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I noticed that the link to an individual question is of the form [base url]/question/[question id]. On a Stack Exchange site the equivalent is of the form [base url]/questions/[question id] (note the plural). If I were to migrate my site to OSQA, how would this mismatch be resolved? Can I simply change the url pattern to match or would the data be cleaned up on import? |
The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, right answer was accepted" by Oscar 07 Jun '10, 06:34
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Well, we have invited the StackExchange guys to change their URLs to the way we do it, but nobody has taken us up on it yet! :) On a more serious note, we probably should just go ahead and make that change in OSQA's URL pattern. I think the plural makes more sense than the singular. 2
I agree plurals make more sense, particularly from a REST perspective
(19 Apr '10, 07:17)
Rich Seller
awesome news!
(19 Apr '10, 23:09)
debug
Yep. For migration of an existing StackExchange site, it's critical to have the same URLs otherwise you end up breaking bookmarks, links in blogs, search engine results, etc.
(20 Apr '10, 23:38)
Justin Grant
Are there any updates on this?
(07 May '10, 08:39)
Randell
When we fell that the importer is good enough for production use, we'll also provide a module to map SX urls, but I don't think that will be the standard OSQA way, but rather an optional mod.
(07 May '10, 08:43)
Hernani Cerq... ♦♦
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As a workaround, I've added an entry to forum/urls.py to redirect from /questions/... to /question/.... If and when questions becomes the default, this can be reversed to avoid breaking any links. At the end of the There may well be a better way, but I'm new to all this. |
