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 Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Websites: MySQLForge Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:2.0 OS:Any
Assigned to: 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.