Should there be a simpler method of addressing a show? #131

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davmo · 2023-06-21T20:59:38Z

davmo commented

2023-06-21 20:59:38 +00:00

There are times when it's useful to go straight to a show. You know the number but you don't have a link to click to get to it.

You can:

Type the URL https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1234/, however you're a pretty bad typist or have accessibility issues
Find the latest show on the home page, click on its link and edit it. However, browsers don't make this easy - they "helpfully" select the entire line when you want to replace a few numbers in it, or they auto-complete part of it because you went to a similar link earlier.

Perhaps a simple entry widget could be presented, maybe in the form of:

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr____/index.html
(where the underscores denote a gap)

Then all you have to do is enter the number in the gap?

There are times when it's useful to go straight to a show. You know the number but you don't have a link to click to get to it. You can: * Type the URL https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1234/, however you're a pretty bad typist or have accessibility issues * Find the latest show on the *home* page, click on its link and edit it. However, browsers don't make this easy - they "helpfully" select the entire line when you want to replace a few numbers in it, or they auto-complete part of it because you went to a similar link earlier. Perhaps a simple entry widget could be presented, maybe in the form of: `https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr____/index.html` (where the underscores denote a gap) Then all you have to do is enter the number in the gap?

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ken_fallon commented

2023-06-22 07:26:27 +00:00

Yes good idea but the widget would imply javascript, which we are trying to avoid.

How about a redirect that if we get a number in the url we go to the episode page ?

So the link https://hackerpublicradio.org/1234, would go to L https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1234/

Yes good idea but the widget would imply javascript, which we are trying to avoid. How about a redirect that if we get a number in the url we go to the episode page ? So the link https://hackerpublicradio.org/1234, would go to L https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1234/

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