SEO-friendly URLs

4 Jul 2011 in PHP, PostgreSQL

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a discipline that helps web sites stand out to internet search engines. Making a web site friendly to search engines involves favoring text over images, identifying important keywords of interest in searches, and using heading tags to emphasize key features of individual pages. One aspect that can implemented in the Istarel Workshop Application Framework (IWAF) is SEO-friendly URLs.

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Handle Bad Page Requests in a Web Application

27 Jun 2011 in PHP, Apache

A common error in web applications is failed navigation. In some cases, the user has mistyped a URL; in other cases, the internal navigation of a web site is flawed. In (hopefully) rare cases, users are attempting some shenanigans.

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Adding Javascript to an Application Module

20 Jun 2011 in PHP, Javascript

There are numerous ways for an application module to reference javascript (or stylesheets).

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