a character string used to represent a location on the Internet that can be typed or accessed by a user. URLs often present in human-readable the organization behind the website and the function of the specific page being navigated to, in addition to their purely functional use.
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Underscores vs. hyphens in URLs
I'm trying to come up with a page-naming convention so that each page in a web application I'm developing has the human-friendliest URL possible. The current URL structure of the web application is:
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Use subdomains or directory structure for URLs?
I'm curious if it's considered better practice to use a subdomain (e.g. store.website.com) or a directory (e.g. www.website.com/store) when linking to separate sections of a site.
Assuming both ...
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Should a sentence ending with a URL terminate with a period?
Suppose my web service needs to send a password recovery e-mail message to the user. The message will contain a link (with some disposable token). Something like:
To reset your password please ...
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Is my suspicion correct, that QR codes will be a short-lived standard with little effect?
We are all starting to see the square, scannable QR codes on billboards, advertisements, etc.
I have been increasingly thinking that this standard will not last long.
My logic is this: Any handheld ...
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Are Domain Hacks usable?
A Domain Hack is when the top level domain (ux.stackexchange.com) and sometimes the subdomain (ux.stackexchange.com) is used to spell out a word instead of being used as a country code (.us, .uk) or ...
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Pagination urls
Currently considering a couple different URL schemes for pagination:
/blog/ -> First result page
/blog/1/ -> First result page
/blog/2/ -> Second result page
Another ...
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Should search result urls be accessible and intuitive?
We usually aim for friendly (vanity) urls to help visitors identify where they are in the website, e.g. www.website.com/products/acme-product. But, are there standards here for search results?
At the ...
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Redirect root domain to subdomain for a yearly contest
We're on the 3rd year of a yearly contest and have a bit of a problem with recycling the domain.
Year 1
We used "domain.com" as the URL for the contest. We didn't have any expection or forethought ...
