URLs to hub pages in BYOND Discussion

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Jul 7 2001, 1:14 pm
I don't know if anybody else has to make URLs to hub entries now and then, but I have to do it all the time and I got tired of the noisy syntax:

http://www.byond.com/hub/hub.cgi?hub=Dantom.Hublib

(Even worse is using the syntax employed by the hub internally where you have to know the numerical id of the hub entry.)

Fortunately, a little webserver magic has made it possible to do it like this:

http://www.byond.com/hub/Dantom/Hublib

Please use that syntax from now on when making links to hub entries. I'll switch over the hub itself at some point too.

#1 Jul 7 2001, 1:49 pm
On 7/7/01 2:14 pm Dan wrote:
http://www.byond.com/hub/Dantom/Hublib

Pretty slick! But what about urls like:

http://www.byond.com/hub/AirMapster

I would think that would go to my BYOND Portfolio page, which is currently http://www.byond.com/hub/ hub.cgi?qd=hubIndex;author=airmapster;category=all
#2 Jul 8 2001, 10:37 am
In response to Air Mapster (#1)
http://www.byond.com/hub/AirMapster

I would think that would go to my BYOND Portfolio page, which is currently http://www.byond.com/hub/ hub.cgi?qd=hubIndex;author=airmapster;category=all

Now that's a clever idea! (No sarcasm, either!)
#3 Jul 10 2001, 6:40 am
In response to Air Mapster (#1)
what about urls like:

http://www.byond.com/hub/AirMapster

Ooh. Good point. But should this go to your "index" card (which links to your portfolio) or should it go straight to the portfolio?

I suppose we could make hub/AirMapster go to the portfolio and make people/AirMapster go to your index card. I'm planning to do a bit more with those index card entries when I get a chance.