Change links to search engine friendly links

[C2yoNVdx]

Is there anyway to change the links to SE friendly links? I don't want the $_GET variables to show in the URL. The rest of the site hides the variables and I have created a .htaccess file to support that. Can this be done with EPC?

[Brian]

The calendar needs those variables passed in the URL to function.

[C2yoNVdx]

I understand that the variables are needed, and the required variables can be passed through Apache's Rewrite module based on the RewriteRule I have created. I just need to know if there is a way to change the links themselves so they create the link type I want.

For example, my RewriteRule for this calendar would be:

RewriteRule ^cj/([A-Za-z0-9]+)/([0-9-]+)/([0-9-]+)$ /cj/index.php?content=$1&mo=$2&yr=$3

This rule would take any link like:
www.domain.com/cj/deals/10/12

and would rewrite the link to:
http://www.domain.com/cj/index.php?c...ls&mo=10&yr=12

Therefore all of the necessary variables are provided (the content variable is one I need for my purposes), they are just not visible to the public.

So is there a way to change how links are written?

[ve9gra]

There's no way to modify the links that the calendar creates... However, if you're really clever *hint hint* you could use output buffering (ob_start and ob_get_clean) and some string replace to do it yourself.

If you're only using the regular calendar mode, I would suggest you look into the AJAX mode (note that it is in beta).

As a last option, you could put the calendar in an iframe.

[C2yoNVdx]

Thanks, I may or may not end up doing that - it depends on the client.

Is there a way to get an extension to the trial license?

[Brian]

Open a support ticket with the domain where the trial is installed and I can issue a new 7-day license.

[C2yoNVdx]

Gervais,

Thanks for your suggestion to use the AJAX version, now I won't have to fiddle around with code to get the links the way I want them.

The only thing is, I no longer see the individual events on each date in the calendar. Why would that be?

[ve9gra]

The date marking isn't working? Do you have a link to your install?

[C2yoNVdx]

Here's the link:

http://campusjeeves.com/cj/deals

[C2yoNVdx]

Can anyone tell me why the individual event titles are not showing up in AJAX version?

[Brian]

Ajax mode is the mini calendar. It doesn't display the event title on the calendar itself.

[C2yoNVdx]

Oh no, I wasn't told that it was strictly a mini calendar. That's too bad. Now I'm back to where I was before having to custom code to get the links to be Search Engine friendly. Is there no way to add the title to the AJAX version?

[Brian]

No. It's a very different code base that is used for display.

[C2yoNVdx]

Again, that's too bad. You really should provide an easy way to make the links Search Engine friendly. This is the kind of content that really should be indexed by SEs, but as it is now, SEs will stop indexing when they reach index.php?month=XX&year=XX. Without SE friendly linking, it really diminishes the usefulness of the script. SE ranking and indexing are important to any site.

[Brian]

For SEO, currently the best way to get indexed is to create a List Mode calendar page with your content. Then have that page link back to your calendar page(s).