I had an idea re pretty URLs that may or may not be good, but as you've mentioned it and I'm here, a hopefully possibly simple fix that would work for what we need it for.
Currently, every entry gets ENTRYNUMBER.html
How about dumping .html and putting in a / instead. Get the servers to ignore anything after the / and just send you to the entry. Get modrewrite or whatever it is to display the current entry title after the / with hyphens.
Idea nicked from a few newspaper websites that do similar. Solves the title editing problem, probably solves a whole bunch of redirect issues, and means those that don't want pretty urls get entry addresses that can be converted back to them easily. If a paid feature, solves what happens if they revert to free.
However, I've no idea how complex to code it it would be, and there may be security holes (other than the obvious pranksters rewriting links).
(FWIW, domain mapping that works properly is near the top of my personal wishlist, but UI for commenting and off site logging in is above that, and pretty URLs slightly below)
Re: Funny you should mention it!
Currently, every entry gets ENTRYNUMBER.html
How about dumping .html and putting in a / instead. Get the servers to ignore anything after the / and just send you to the entry. Get modrewrite or whatever it is to display the current entry title after the / with hyphens.
So this entry would be
http://denise.dreamwidth.org/57248/technical-debt-and-the-making-of-payments-on-it/
Idea nicked from a few newspaper websites that do similar. Solves the title editing problem, probably solves a whole bunch of redirect issues, and means those that don't want pretty urls get entry addresses that can be converted back to them easily. If a paid feature, solves what happens if they revert to free.
However, I've no idea how complex to code it it would be, and there may be security holes (other than the obvious pranksters rewriting links).
(FWIW, domain mapping that works properly is near the top of my personal wishlist, but UI for commenting and off site logging in is above that, and pretty URLs slightly below)