Extensionless URIs for Blosxom entries
UPDATE 2023-03-27: This page is obsolete, as it refers to a prior version of this blog. However, it may be of historical interest. This post introduces the Blosxom plugin “extensionless.” Ever since reading the essay “Cool URIs don’t change” I’ve wanted to change my web site to conform to some of its recommendations, including the recommendation to omit file extensions (e.g., “.html") on URIs. Unfortunately standard Blosxom requires that a file extension be present in a URI for an individual entry (e.g., http://www.example.com/foo.html) to distinguish it from a URI for a category (e.g., http://www.example.com/foo). How to fix this? ...