Permalinks

[bbohling]

I'm sure I'm missing something silly, but I wanted to setup my permalinks WITHOUT the day. I've updated frontend.js to include these 2 edited lines:

server.get(/^\/([0-9]{4}\/[0-9]{2}\/)?([^\/.]*)\/$/, frontend.single);
server.get(/^\/([0-9]{4}\/[0-9]{2}\/)?([^\/.]*)\/edit\/$/, frontend.edit);

And updated the permalink value in the database table, settings.Not necessary, but I even updated the ghost.js, views.js, and settings.js, but still I cannot get it to use the new pattern (get 404). Again, I know it's something silly I'm missing. Anyone know what I'm missing?

[larshanw]

Just go to http://you-url.com/ghost/settings/general/ and uncheck Dated Permalinks option.

[jgillich]

Why don't you just use a web server in front of Ghost to redirect the urls?

[bbohling]

@larshanw, I still want the /:year/:month

@jgillich, of course I can do that but I didn't want the extra layer of logic. Not only is it a (slight) performance hit but it is also another configuration to manage. May not sound like a big deal in either case, but I work hard to keep my web implementations as performant and simple as possible.

[jgillich]

The problem might be that the single route verifies the date format and calls next() when incorrect (which 404s, because there is no other route).

[hswolff]

There's additional logic for how permalinks are handled in the controller: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/master/core/server/controllers/frontend.js#L68

Undoubtedly you'll need to modify the code there as well to suit your needs.

More flexible permalinks are coming: #1631 however.

[bbohling]

Thanks @hswolff! I finally was able to take a look at your suggestion and of course it was drop dead simple. Simply edit line 98 (my version was actually 101) to remove the DD/:

if (dateInSlug && req.params[0] !== moment(post.published_at).format('YYYY/MM/')) {

So I am good to go until it is baked into master. Thank you!