> I've been playing around with sweetcron for a few days now and thought
> it would be nice if I could have shorter urls for the items. I've got
> sweetcron set up at http://pjon.es which is quite a short URL, and it
> would be even shorter if items were at URLs like http://pjon.es/i/18
> rather than http://pjon.es/items/view/18

> I've figured out that htaccess is probably the best way to do this,
> just match anything after /i/ and redirect it to /items/view/ but my
> RegEx-fu is not as strong as I would like, so was wondering if anybody
> had any tips, or another easier way to do this.

> # Map /i/ -> /items/view/
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/i/[0-9]+$
> RewriteRule /i/([0-9]+) /items/view/$1 [L]

> -Tony

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > I've been playing around with sweetcron for a few days now and thought
> > it would be nice if I could have shorter urls for the items. I've got
> > sweetcron set up athttp://pjon.eswhich is quite a short URL, and it
> > would be even shorter if items were at URLs likehttp://pjon.es/i/18
> > rather thanhttp://pjon.es/items/view/18

> > I've figured out that htaccess is probably the best way to do this,
> > just match anything after /i/ and redirect it to /items/view/ but my
> > RegEx-fu is not as strong as I would like, so was wondering if anybody
> > had any tips, or another easier way to do this.

> For future reference, I've posted up how I did it here:http://pjon.es/i/25

> On Nov 11, 2:47 pm, Tony Duckles <t...@nynim.org> wrote:

> > Using mod_rewrite seems like the best way to me too.  Haven't tested this,
> > but I would guess you'd want to add something like this near the top of your
> > .htaccess file, before the normal Sweetcron rewrite rules:

> > # Map /i/ -> /items/view/
> > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/i/[0-9]+$
> > RewriteRule /i/([0-9]+) /items/view/$1 [L]

> > -Tony

> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > > I've been playing around with sweetcron for a few days now and thought
> > > it would be nice if I could have shorter urls for the items. I've got
> > > sweetcron set up athttp://pjon.eswhichis quite a short URL, and it
> > > would be even shorter if items were at URLs likehttp://pjon.es/i/18
> > > rather thanhttp://pjon.es/items/view/18

> > > I've figured out that htaccess is probably the best way to do this,
> > > just match anything after /i/ and redirect it to /items/view/ but my
> > > RegEx-fu is not as strong as I would like, so was wondering if anybody
> > > had any tips, or another easier way to do this.

> Nicolas

> On 11 nov, 16:47, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > I've managed to get it working by adding /i/ to routes.php and
> > creating my own controller (i.php) based on items.php.

> > For future reference, I've posted up how I did it here:http://pjon.es/i/25

> > On Nov 11, 2:47 pm, Tony Duckles <t...@nynim.org> wrote:

> > > Using mod_rewrite seems like the best way to me too.  Haven't tested this,
> > > but I would guess you'd want to add something like this near the top of your
> > > .htaccess file, before the normal Sweetcron rewrite rules:

> > > # Map /i/ -> /items/view/
> > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/i/[0-9]+$
> > > RewriteRule /i/([0-9]+) /items/view/$1 [L]

> > > -Tony

> > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > > > I've been playing around with sweetcron for a few days now and thought
> > > > it would be nice if I could have shorter urls for the items. I've got
> > > > sweetcron set up athttp://pjon.eswhichisquite a short URL, and it
> > > > would be even shorter if items were at URLs likehttp://pjon.es/i/18
> > > > rather thanhttp://pjon.es/items/view/18

> > > > I've figured out that htaccess is probably the best way to do this,
> > > > just match anything after /i/ and redirect it to /items/view/ but my
> > > > RegEx-fu is not as strong as I would like, so was wondering if anybody
> > > > had any tips, or another easier way to do this.

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/695089/sweetcron%20shortened.zip

> Something to keep in mind is that it doesn't replace the permalinks in
> the theme, you need to do that manually. I just used

> <?php echo $this->config->item('base_url').'i/'.$item->get_id();?>

> instead of

> <?php echo $item->get_original_permalink();?>

> On Nov 12, 8:55 pm, nlenoir <nlen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Thanks for sharing your tip but for me it doesn't work :(
> > I modified routes.php and create my file but nothing... any idea ?

> > Nicolas

> > On 11 nov, 16:47, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > > I've managed to get it working by adding /i/ to routes.php and
> > > creating my own controller (i.php) based on items.php.

> > > For future reference, I've posted up how I did it here:http://pjon.es/i/25

> > > On Nov 11, 2:47 pm, Tony Duckles <t...@nynim.org> wrote:

> > > > Using mod_rewrite seems like the best way to me too.  Haven't tested this,
> > > > but I would guess you'd want to add something like this near the top of your
> > > > .htaccess file, before the normal Sweetcron rewrite rules:

> > > > # Map /i/ -> /items/view/
> > > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/i/[0-9]+$
> > > > RewriteRule /i/([0-9]+) /items/view/$1 [L]

> > > > -Tony

> > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, squirgle <p...@squirgle.net> wrote:

> > > > > I've been playing around with sweetcron for a few days now and thought
> > > > > it would be nice if I could have shorter urls for the items. I've got
> > > > > sweetcron set up athttp://pjon.eswhichisquitea short URL, and it
> > > > > would be even shorter if items were at URLs likehttp://pjon.es/i/18
> > > > > rather thanhttp://pjon.es/items/view/18

> > > > > I've figured out that htaccess is probably the best way to do this,
> > > > > just match anything after /i/ and redirect it to /items/view/ but my
> > > > > RegEx-fu is not as strong as I would like, so was wondering if anybody
> > > > > had any tips, or another easier way to do this.