Re: Changes to tag and rest controllers

Shad Laws <shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Fri, 17 May 2013 20:24:27 +0200
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OT: zip codes but not classic cars, eh?  I, for one, would more likely tag
a pic of Dylan's car than his neighborhood... ;-)

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On May 17, 2013 6:05 PM, "Bharat Mediratta" <[email protected]> wrote:

> (looping back in gallery-devel)
>
> Ok, you convinced me with zip codes.  I don't think that all numeric tags
> will be super popular (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/) but I see
> that there are at least some useful cases with zip codes :-)
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Shad Laws <shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I got a draft of this big conversion coded up on one of my plane
>> rides, and am currently debugging it while waiting for my wife to wake up
>> from her jetlag-induced sleep... and it works well!  So, we're 100%
>> consistent with the new canonical URLs, the old canonical URLs, and mostly
>> (but not 100%) consistent with malformed, non-canonical old URLs.
>>
>>
>> On 17 May 2013 17:15, Shad Laws <shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm... I'm not sure I agree.  For example, this would make folks with
>>> photos about 90210, 356, and 1776 really annoyed at the new system.  The
>>> simplest rule is the one we don't need :-)
>>>
>>> My preference is this:
>>> - make the new system simple, flexible, and exactly what we want.
>>> - provide enough redirects for old URLs to keep most old sites happy
>>> during the conversion.
>>>
>>> Thinking again, there's actually a better rule we can use to deal with
>>> old redirects:
>>> gallery30x/tag/123/321 --> tag id 123 (which coincidentally has name
>>> 321, but this isn't checked) - old canonical URL
>>> gallery31x/tag/123/321 --> tag id 123, name 321 (sees slash and tries
>>> this), then 301 redirect.
>>> gallery31x/tag/123 --> tag name 123, or if none exists, look for a tag
>>> id 123 and 301 redirect.
>>> gallery31x/tag/321 --> tag name 321 (which coincidentally has id 123,
>>> but this isn't checked) - new canonical URL
>>>
>>> The only oddball case here is old URLs that were truncated *and*
>>> coincide with new URLs, for which I don't think we should break our new
>>> system to support...
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>> Shad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 May 2013 17:06, Bharat Mediratta <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd prefer to have a simpler rule of "no numeric tag slugs" because
>>>> that way we'll have consistent behavior in all cases.  I like simple rules
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Shad Laws <shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yah, that's easy enough to keep.  Just as you said, the only slight
>>>>> wrinkle is numeric tag names, but even then we don't need to *enforce* that
>>>>> slugs are non-numeric.  Rather, we just can't forward old URLs that
>>>>> coincide with new URLs of numeric tags.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example:
>>>>> gallery30x/tag/123 --> tag id 123.
>>>>> gallery31x/tag/123 --> tag name 123, or if none exists, look for a tag
>>>>> id 123 and 301 redirect.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take care,
>>>>> Shad
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 May 2013 16:42, Bharat Mediratta <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Keeping around support for tag/<id> shouldn't be too hard, right?  It
>>>>>> just means that the user-defined slug can't be purely numeric to avoid
>>>>>> conflicts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Dave Moore <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2013-05-15 8:29 PM, Bharat wrote:
>>>>>>> >  The tag/<id>/<name> approach was essentially a fix because
>>>>>>> originally
>>>>>>> > we did tag/<name> but that was causing problems when we tried to
>>>>>>> map a
>>>>>>> > slugified tag name in the url back into a tag in the database.
>>>>>>> That has been some concern for me and for others as well.  I would be
>>>>>>> nice if we could get to: /tag/<name> without the <id> in the url.  If
>>>>>>> that could be sorted out then that would make some/lots users/me
>>>>>>> happy.
>>>>>>> I don't know about backwards compatibility with tag/<id>/<name> is
>>>>>>> required or not. I guess it depends on the amount of work required.
>>>>>>>  I
>>>>>>> guess it would be good or if some workaround in the .htaccess could
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> provided as a fix, that would work as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
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<p>OT: zip codes but not classic cars, eh?=C2=A0 I, for one, would more lik=
ely tag a pic of Dylan&#39;s car than his neighborhood... ;-)</p>
<p>Sent from my Swiss Army Phone</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On May 17, 2013 6:05 PM, &quot;Bharat Mediratta&=
quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr">(looping back in gallery-devel)<div><br></div><div>Ok, you=
 convinced me with zip codes. =C2=A0I don&#39;t think that all numeric tags=
 will be super popular (see=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ta=
gs/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/</a>) but I see th=
at there are at least some useful cases with zip codes :-)</div>


<div><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:41=
 AM, Shad Laws <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]" t=
arget=3D"_blank">shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;=
border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex=
">


<div dir=3D"ltr">FWIW, I got a draft of this big conversion coded up on one=
 of my plane rides, and am currently debugging it while waiting for my wife=
 to wake up from her jetlag-induced sleep... and it works well! =C2=A0So, w=
e&#39;re 100% consistent with the new canonical URLs, the old canonical URL=
s, and mostly (but not 100%) consistent with malformed, non-canonical old U=
RLs.</div>


<div><div>

<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 May 201=
3 17:15, Shad Laws <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:shad-xpYdmXCiSubQFizaE/[email protected]=
m" target=3D"_blank">shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:=
1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left=
:1ex">




<div dir=3D"ltr">Hmm... I&#39;m not sure I agree. =C2=A0For example, this w=
ould make folks with photos about 90210, 356, and 1776 really annoyed at th=
e new system. =C2=A0The simplest rule is the one we don&#39;t need :-)<div>=
<br></div>





<div>My preference is this:</div><div>- make the new system simple, flexibl=
e, and exactly what we want.</div><div>- provide enough redirects for old U=
RLs to keep most old sites happy during the conversion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thinking again, there&#39;s actually a better rule we c=
an use to deal with old redirects:</div><div><div style=3D"font-family:aria=
l,sans-serif;font-size:13px">gallery30x/tag/123/321 --&gt; tag id 123 (whic=
h coincidentally has name 321, but this isn&#39;t checked) - old canonical =
URL</div>





<div style=3D"font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">gallery31x/tag/1=
23/321 --&gt; tag id 123, name 321 (sees slash and tries this), then 301 re=
direct.</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">gal=
lery31x/tag/123 --&gt; tag name 123, or if none exists, look for a tag id 1=
23 and 301 redirect.</div>





<div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">gallery31x/tag/3=
21 --&gt; tag name 321 (which coincidentally has id 123, but this isn&#39;t=
 checked) - new canonical URL</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-ser=
if;font-size:13px">





<br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The on=
ly oddball case here is old URLs that were truncated *and* coincide with ne=
w URLs, for which I don&#39;t think we should break our new system to suppo=
rt...</div>





<div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Take care,</div><div s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Shad</div><div style=
=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">





<br></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote">On 17 May 2013 17:06, Bharat Mediratta <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br>





<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>I&#39;d prefer to have a simpler=
 rule of &quot;no numeric tag slugs&quot; because that way we&#39;ll have c=
onsistent behavior in all cases. =C2=A0I like simple rules :-)</div>





</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">

<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Shad La=
ws <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]" target=3D"_bl=
ank">shad-xpYdmXCiSuZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-=
color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">







<div dir=3D"ltr">Yah, that&#39;s easy enough to keep. =C2=A0Just as you sai=
d, the only slight wrinkle is numeric tag names, but even then we don&#39;t=
 need to *enforce* that slugs are non-numeric. =C2=A0Rather, we just can&#3=
9;t forward old URLs that coincide with new URLs of numeric tags.<div>









<br></div><div>For example:</div><div>gallery30x/tag/123 --&gt; tag id 123.=
</div><div>gallery31x/tag/123 --&gt; tag name 123, or if none exists, look =
for a tag id 123 and 301 redirect.</div><div><br></div>

<div>Take care,</div><div>Shad</div></div><div><div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 17 May 2013 16:42, Bharat Medirat=
ta <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b=
lank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>









<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;p=
adding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>Keeping around support for tag/&=
lt;id&gt; shouldn&#39;t be too hard, right? =C2=A0It just means that the us=
er-defined slug can&#39;t be purely numeric to avoid conflicts.</div>









</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">

<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Dave Mo=
ore <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"=
_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-=
left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">











<div>On 2013-05-15 8:29 PM, Bharat wrote:<br>
&gt; =C2=A0The tag/&lt;id&gt;/&lt;name&gt; approach was essentially a fix b=
ecause originally<br>
&gt; we did tag/&lt;name&gt; but that was causing problems when we tried to=
 map a<br>
&gt; slugified tag name in the url back into a tag in the database.<br>
</div>That has been some concern for me and for others as well. =C2=A0I wou=
ld be<br>
nice if we could get to: /tag/&lt;name&gt; without the &lt;id&gt; in the ur=
l. =C2=A0If<br>
that could be sorted out then that would make some/lots users/me happy.<br>
I don&#39;t know about backwards compatibility with tag/&lt;id&gt;/&lt;name=
&gt; is<br>
required or not. I guess it depends on the amount of work required. =C2=A0I=
<br>
guess it would be good or if some workaround in the .htaccess could be<br>
provided as a fix, that would work as well.<br>
<span><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
Dave<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
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