URL-ifying Titles
I noticed that Blot replaces apostrophes with dashes when converting a title to a URL-ready slug, but only when they’re singular. For example,
Apple’s Striking Short Film Ahead of International Day of People With Disabilities → https://heydingus.net/blog/2022/12/apple-s-striking-short-film-ahead-of-international-day-of-people-with-disabilities
vs
‘All Consuming’ Podcast is Back → https://heydingus.net/blog/2022/12/all-consuming-podcast-is-back
Would you consider making it so singular apostrophes are also ignored, as it would make the URLs more readable?
Yes, I think this is a good change, I'll add it to my list and follow up here when it's ready
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerThe URL generator has been improved, and your post is at a new URL. Thanks for the suggestion!
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerHey, thought you'd want to know that I noticed the same issue with a post I published tonight: https://heydingus.net/blog/2023/3/don-t-be-a-knee-jerk
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerGood find, I added another rule to handle n't to the URL slug code. I rebuilt your post as well. The reason I don't just nuke all apostrophes is because there are some cases like l'état which should become l-etat.
Here’s another new one: https://heydingus.net/blog/2023/4/apple-card-and-its-savings-account-are-great-and-why-i-m-still-not-sold
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerGood catch, this should now be fixed! I added a few more rules as well, thanks again:
https://github.com/davidmerfield/Blot/commit/b23ab58a61e70ac0c6a331b797f584fc8e9944bd
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerThanks!
(P.S. If I could specify just the slug without having to recreate the whole path, I'd be able to solve some of these without bugging you. 😉)
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerFound another! https://heydingus.net/blog/2023/7/elon-thinks-you-re-reading-too-many-tweets
Answered a year ago · Edit answer