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Clean URLs Roundup

Saturday, February 17, 2007

I’ve written previously [1, 2, 3] on clean URLs and URL design, but recently I stumbled across the Well Designed URLs Initiative.
I’ve joined the cause and am discussing the finer points of URL design on their mailing list. The founder, Mike Schinkel, has a good introduction/overview on his blog.

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Designing URLs for Multilingual Web Sites

Friday, January 12, 2007

Usually when starting a new web site, a company will design the site for use in only one language. As companies grow, however, it is often prudent to internationalize the site and make it accessible in many languages. If the site is to become a large commercial success in countries around the world, this step [...]

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Can URLs Be Too Clean?

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

I have long been a proponent of Clean URLs (URIs). The URL should be treated as a human-readable representation of the data resouces being accessed. Many sites are getting better about this, especially with the growing popularity of applications like WordPress, Django, Ruby on Rails, etc. which make it incredibly easy to sculpt beautiful URLs.
An [...]

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Post 215

Monday, September 27, 2004

So I was on TV today (red shirt). Caitlin and I went to the recording of In Search of The Partridge Family because her cousin, Keaton Savage, is a finalist for the part of Danny. It was alright after we got out of the sun.
We went out for a late lunch after to a chinese [...]

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