http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Clean_%28Human-Readable%29_URLsClean (Human-Readable) URLs - Revision history2026-04-29T18:50:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.1http://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Clean_(Human-Readable)_URLs&diff=2484&oldid=prevKirabug at 21:51, 1 June 20202020-06-01T21:51:37Z<p></p>
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</table>Kirabughttp://kb.perpendicularangel.com/index.php?title=Clean_(Human-Readable)_URLs&diff=1395&oldid=prevKirabug: Created page with "* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL Clean URLs] on Wikipedia explains that clean URLs are intended to improve the usability and accessibility of a website or web servic..."2019-09-27T20:21:01Z<p>Created page with "* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL Clean URLs] on Wikipedia explains that clean URLs are intended to improve the usability and accessibility of a website or web servic..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL Clean URLs] on Wikipedia explains that clean URLs are intended to improve the usability and accessibility of a website or web service by being immediately and intuitively meaningful to non-expert users.<br />
* [https://www.nngroup.com/articles/url-as-ui/ URLs as UI] by Nielsen Norman Group describes what good clean URLs consist of and some of the reasons why you want to have them, all the way back in 1999. <br />
* [https://www.freshconsulting.com/ui-ux-principle-5-dont-forget-ux-of-navigation-urls/ UI/UX Principle #5: Don't Forget UX of Navigation and URLs by Jeff Dance of Fresh goes into more detail than the NNG article about the benefits of clean URLs.<br />
* [https://alistapart.com/article/urls/ URLs! URLs! URLs!] on A List Apart describes one way to rewrite URLs using .htaccess files<br />
* [https://alistapart.com/article/succeed/ How to succeed with URLs] on A List Apart describes a second way using php<br />
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In short, the URL is the very first form of navigation that many users and search engines identify about a page. It provides [[A Sense of Place]]. I tells both the human and the machine, "this is what's here, this is the hierarchy of the site, and this is how you get to the thing."</div>Kirabug