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Revision as of 01:39, 23 December 2016
Contents
Introduction
The use of a "clean URL" for your web site is generally regarded as best practice, however a DSpace installation without some special tweaking does not deliver a "clean URL".
What is a "clean URL"?
The following are clean URL's;
- http://scholar.sun.ac.za
- http://open.uct.ac.za
- http://repository.up.ac.za
- http://repository.hsrc.ac.za
- http://repository.uwc.ac.za
In other words the URL does not contain a port number, such as 8080 in it's URL. In addition the URL does not contain a forward slash identifier for the web interface to be used, for example /xmlui or /jspui.
What is a memorable URL?
The following are memorable (easy to remember) URL's;
A memorable URL therefore, is one that is SHORT, does not have repeating elements in the URL and directly relates to the purpose of the web site and does not promote the software product used to build the web site.
How to create a clean URL for a new DSpace installation
Step 1
Before the installation of DSpace think very carefully about the name of the repository. This name will be used in the URL of the repository. It is critically important that once the name has been selected and the proper URL developed, that you NEVER change it, because this will cause a lot of broken links (linkrot) and drastically affect your repository and researchers rankings.
