[beta 1.5.4] Relative URLs 1.3

[Anguz]

This mod will turn urls pointing to files in the forum's directory, into relative urls. If Spider URLs mod is installed too, it'll fix relative urls so that they work correctly.

Relative_URLs_v1.3.zip

Here's a before/after example:
src="http://www.example.com/yabbse/img/pic.jpg"
src="img/pic.jpg"

Look at the source in my forum pages:
http://laakademia.com/foros

It's been tested quite a lot already, but please let me know if you run into any problems.

History:
03 SEP 15 v1.3 released
03 SEP 14 changed name
03 SEP 14 v1.2 released
03 SEP 14 v1.1 released
03 SEP 14 v1 released

[Anguz]

I released v1.1 a little after v1.0, but it's worth it, cause I improved it a bit more to save more bandwidth

in v1.0, all urls were changed into absolute ones, but in v1.1 if the url points to a file in the forum'd directory, it'll make it relative

if Spider URLs mod is installed, the urls will only be made absolute, relative ones may not work because the browser gets the directories confused

here's an example of how they look:

normal url
src="http://www.example.com/yabbse/YaBBImages/tline3.gif"

absolute url
src="/yabbse/YaBBImages/tline3.gif"

relative url
src="YaBBImages/tline3.gif"

I chose a random page from my forum to see how much bandwidth can be saved:
http://www.laakademia.com/foros/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=6292;start=30

with full urls (without the mod)
119,830 bytes

with absolute urls
107,812 bytes
saved 12,018 bytes

with with absolute and relative urls
104,258 bytes
saved 15,572 bytes

[Anguz]

hehe... improved it a bit more  

the urls to the script are now even shorter (without Spider URLs)

without the mod
href="http://www.example.com/yabbse/index.php?board=1"

in v1.0
href="/yabbse/index.php?board=1"

in v1.1
href="index.php?board=1"

in v1.2
href="?board=1"

following the bandwidth test from the previous version, the byte count in v1.1 dropped from 104,258 down to 103,035 in v1.2... that's another 1,223 bytes saved, making a total of 16,795 bytes saved compared to the un-modded one

[Anguz]

I'm now working to make the this mod generate Relative URLs even with Spider URLs mod installed

I decided Relative URLs is now a more fit name for this mod, so I changed it

I think I'll post the new version soon

[[Unknown]]

I would warn you that some versions of Internet Explorer WILL NOT submit to ?action=post2 correctly. (while they will with index.php?action=post2.)

You could use <base href="" />.

-[Unknown]

[Anguz]

thank you for letting me know, I'll look into that then

does that problem you mention, apply to any link or submitting forms only?

[[Unknown]]

Just sunmitting forms via POST, sorry.  It does not affect GET.

-[Unknown]

[Anguz]

ah, it's cool then... this mod doesn't change the urls in the form tag

I liked the base tag a lot though, so I'm changing the code a bit

I may include the form urls this time, since they'll work correctly, and the urls in links with js confirmation too

[[Unknown]]

Have you looked at Short URLs, by me?

-[Unknown]

[Anguz]

Have you looked at Short URLs, by me?

-[Unknown]

I haven't read the code, although I've downloaded it some time ago... it shortens the url using less variables in the query, like:
http://www.yabbse.org/community/index.php?thread=25772/new
instead of:
http://www.yabbse.org/community/index.php?board=158;action=display;threadid=25772;start=new
right?

btw, I was about to ask if the base url worked with the search engine spider without problems, but I guess it does, cause I just checked php.net, they use it and their website is well indexed

[dschwab9]

I would warn you that some versions of Internet Explorer WILL NOT submit to ?action=post2 correctly. (while they will with index.php?action=post2.)

You could use <base href="" />.

-[Unknown]

Yep, this is especially a problem with the Mac version of IE (doesn't work on any version that I know of)  Tried that on my forum a while back, and it was giving "Invalid URL" or something to that effect on macs.

[dschwab9]

Have you looked at Short URLs, by me?

-[Unknown]

Hmmm, what about starting with this and replacing the ? with /, = with -  and maybe the second slash with _

So, you'd have URL like http://www.yabbse.org/community/index.php/thread-25772_new

[Anguz]

Yep, this is especially a problem with the Mac version of IE (doesn't work on any version that I know of)  Tried that on my forum a while back, and it was giving "Invalid URL" or something to that effect on macs.

but the relative urls that start with "?" will work in mac if there's the base tag, right? I can't test cause I don't have my mac anymore

[dschwab9]

Yep, this is especially a problem with the Mac version of IE (doesn't work on any version that I know of)  Tried that on my forum a while back, and it was giving "Invalid URL" or something to that effect on macs.

but the relative urls that start with "?" will work in mac if there's the base tag, right? I can't test cause I don't have my mac anymore

Any URL that has a ? after a / will not work.

ie: http://yourdomain.com/?function=yourfunction will not work, but http://yourdomain.com/index.php?function=yourfunction or http://yourdomain.com/content?function=yourfunction will.

Basically, you've gotta have someting between the / and ?

[Anguz]

well... that wouldn't work in win either

but if your $scripturl is "http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content" and it's set as the base, then the relative url "?board-12" will point to http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content?board-12, which works

and if you have Spider URLs in your forum too, depending on how you change your board... if your $boardurl is "http://bbs.zuwharrie.com", then the relative url for the above link would be "content/board-12"