2011-06-27, 05:54:33
@RobA
A quick hack to make SimpleCache plugin enforce canonical URLs. Edit simplecache.php, line 48, insert this:
(Just after the if(!in_array(return_page_slug() ... line)
You will be redirected to the correct URL (structure defined in GS settings). Pages excluded from caching will not be checked/redirected.
Why choosing SimpleCache for this experiment? Because it has more or less the same problem with url parameters as canonical redirection.
PS I might have tried to do a mini-plugin that reads SimpleCache's config and does all this, instead of patching the plugin, but there's a problem: as it would have to be hooked to 'index-pretemplate', I'm not sure if it would always (or on any system) be fired before SimpleCache (or any other plugin that uses that hook).
A quick hack to make SimpleCache plugin enforce canonical URLs. Edit simplecache.php, line 48, insert this:
Code:
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] != find_url(return_page_slug(), get_parent(false), 'relative')) {
redirect(find_url(return_page_slug(), get_parent(false)));
}(Just after the if(!in_array(return_page_slug() ... line)
You will be redirected to the correct URL (structure defined in GS settings). Pages excluded from caching will not be checked/redirected.
Why choosing SimpleCache for this experiment? Because it has more or less the same problem with url parameters as canonical redirection.
PS I might have tried to do a mini-plugin that reads SimpleCache's config and does all this, instead of patching the plugin, but there's a problem: as it would have to be hooked to 'index-pretemplate', I'm not sure if it would always (or on any system) be fired before SimpleCache (or any other plugin that uses that hook).