Quote from: bberkemier at Jun 03, 2013, 07:38 PM"Make end slash URL at the container"
Sometimes you have to shake your head at things like this.
Who introduced this ?
Why was this introduced ?
Was the community asked if they wanted this ?
Were users told about this modification - if yes, when
Why is this set as default ?
This is a perfect way to mess up a large sites SERP's and then you have to do tons of research to find out what this phenomenon has been caused by.
I know some developers are not English, but is there not a translation that actualy describes this a little better.
e.g.
FURL Folder structure - use a trailing slash
FURL parent / child folder structure - use a trailing slash
FURL directory structure - use a trailing slash
Virtual Directories - use a trailing slash
Just out of interest, why has this been taken on anyway.
If you are using FURL's as "domain.com/parent" and then type a trailing slash behind the URL when loaded in the browser, you will see that MODx loads the same page, which could be classed as duplicate content.
So using a canonical meta tag remedies this problem.
but I see no information about why the trailing slash has been added to the configuration settings, and or what the benefits are from using it this way.
UPDATE:
Looking at the EVO tracker, I found:
Bug #9959
Enabling "*Make end slash URL at the container*", change www.mydomain/container.html to www.mydomain/container/
but www.mydomain/container.html is still accessible.
Actually, updating a previous version of Evo, automatically enable this option.
In my opinion, should be disabled by default.
It 'better to leave the choice to the admin/webmaster, to avoid problems with custom snippets or old SEO structures.
[ed. note: iusemodx last edited this post 10 years, 10 months ago.]
