8bit's URLs ARE EVILS

Submitted by LazyBadger(69)

14 August, 2010 - 22:38

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There are some posts here with 8bits (namely - Russian) tittles, which was transormed in same (8bits) URLs. It's extemely bad and wrong style, trust me. All "more than 7bit" URLs must be transliterated into pure English

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wmostrey1 year 39 weeks ago

Why exactly are they evil,

Why exactly are they evil, bad and "wrong style"? Coudl you provide some sources?

LazyBadger1 year 39 weeks ago

It's easy

First of all: we have RFC 2396 (Standards Track)

Secondly:

compare CP of RFC-compliant URL http://commons.acquia.com/discussion/8bits-urls-are-evils and 8bit URL http://commons.acquia.com/blog/кндр-произвела-залпы-вблизи-границы-с-южной-кореей http://commons.acquia.com/blog/%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%...

juan_g1 year 39 weeks ago

Enable transliteration

Probably you need to enable transliteration for the Pathauto module.

LazyBadger1 year 39 weeks ago

Anyway - bug

I can enable, but prefer (in common) have it "from a box" - not everybody Common's admin is also Drupal's guru

loopslike38 weeks 1 day ago

The URL parser should be work correctly.

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mike.stefanello1 year 39 weeks ago

We have transliteration

We have transliteration installed and enabled. I assumed it handled URLs. Does it not?

juan_g1 year 39 weeks ago

Depends on the Pathauto version

Pathauto 6.x-2.x can use the Transliteration module. Pathauto 6.x-1.x transliterates without that module.

LazyBadger1 year 39 weeks ago

Not here

At least I didn't see transliteration here - russian link, used in my message, was found on this site (default Commons installation, yes?)

mike.stefanello1 year 37 weeks ago

So, the recommendation is?

juan_g1 year 37 weeks ago

If using Pathauto 6.x-1.3...

If I'm not wrong, the first Drupal Commons release uses Pathauto 6.x-1.3. Therefore, the optional URL transliteration -if enabled- is still directly handled by this version of the Pathauto module, and not by the Transliteration module (which works with Pathauto 6.x-2.x).

The Pathauto module includes a small transliteration file for some languages (I think also Russian). See the previous link for a full transliteration file for every UTF-8 character. If there are for example Japanese or Chinese users, it would be good to know if they are also interested in URL transliteration. I think probably they are.

juan_g1 year 37 weeks ago

Japanese not included

I've just seen the mentioned full transliteration file, and it looks like it includes Chinese but not Japanese transliteration. Another possibility would be to try the Transliteration module and Pathauto 6.x-2.x. However, they use Unidecode, which "does quite badly on Japanese and Thai". So, Japanese transliteration seems difficult. Maybe a Japanese Drupal expert could help here.