Bug #37757 allow customized URsL for Forge people, projects and tools

• Submitted: 1 Jul 2008 7:09
• Modified: 1 Jul 2008 7:10
• Reporter: Giuseppe Maxia
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Websites: MySQLForge
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 2.0
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: forge, links, project, tool, URL

[1 Jul 2008 7:09] Giuseppe Maxia

Description:
The URLs to people, projects, and tools in the Forge are quite unfriendly.
A URL like this one does not convey any information on its contents, besides being difficult to write.
http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=111
Instead, it would be much more understandable (and memorable) this way.
http://forge.mysql.com/tools/proxy-user-quotas

The same goes for people: This URL does not suggest who the use is
http://forge.mysql.com/people/person.php?id=17
this one would be more friendly
http://forge.mysql.com/people/giuseppe-maxia

How to repeat:
see above

Suggested fix:
For each Forge object (person,project,tool), allow the user to specify a customized URL.
The Forge should also suggest a URL made up from the title of the project/tool or from the user name.