[RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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If it's not longer needed in 3.1, I agree.
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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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it was required for the breadcrumbs in global announcements the path changes based on the f variable

its not an issue in 3.1 so +1
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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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Louis7777 wrote:Well, I don't know in what way it was required, but below there's a global announcement from a 3.0 forum that I chose from the phpBB showcase:

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=113882
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=113882
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=113882

As you can see, you can access the same global announcement using different forum IDs and of course without any forum ID in place.
You might want to take a look at all three of those side-by side again. ;)
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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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We can probably get rid of the forum parameter in the URL. Nevertheless, I would give "canonical link elements" a much higher priority.

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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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hi,
And what is the solution for cananical URL? I have a lot of duplicate on google webmaster tool because of &start=0.
I find robot.txt :

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User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /viewtopic.php?p=
Disallow: /viewtopic.php?=&p=
Disallow: /viewtopic.php?t=
Disallow: /viewtopic.php?start=
Disallow: /*&view=previous
Disallow: /*&view=next
Disallow: /*&sid=
Disallow: /*&p=
Disallow: /*&sd=a
Disallow: /*&start=0
Is it good?

URL canonical problem is solved in phpbb 3.1?
thanks,

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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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For canonical link elements, which has been (partially?) implemented please see https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 84&t=42577. Please keep any discussions related to canonical link elements there.

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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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I just realised that if we visit the same topic with and without f=
The one without does not display the who is online list.
I tried to investigate it, but it called the same functions with the same parameters, ran the same query and got different results :-O

Okay, so we use f= from the URL and store it in the sessions table.
So when we remove it from the URL, the user is not listed as online in this forum.

Try yourself:
https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 11#p263511
https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 08&t=45551
https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopi ... 11#p263511
https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=45551

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// We overwrite $_REQUEST['f'] if there is no forum specified
// to be able to display the correct online list.
// One downside is that the user currently viewing this topic/post is not taken into account.
if (!request_var('f', 0))
{
	$request->overwrite('f', $forum_id);
}
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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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Liking the sound of this as the 'f' parameter has always bothered me, but it seems there is indeed a weird issue with not showing 'yourself' in the online list per forum.
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Re: [RFC] Hide forum (f) variable from topic url

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It's not only about showing "yourself", but it doesnt show "yourself" to anyone. So when we remove it from the URL, the feature becomes quite useless, as everyone does not show to anyone.
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