[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #1741: Resolve redundant URLs for SEO reasons

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#1741: Resolve redundant URLs for SEO reasons
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 Reporter:  Ezd                    |       Owner:  boonebgorges
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  major                  |   Milestone:  1.6
Component:  Core                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * keywords:   => has-patch 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 I've attached a patch with a possible solution. The patch does three
 things:

 1) Redirects example.com/members/boone to the default component (generally
 example.com/members/boone/activity)
 2) Changes bp_core_new_nav_item() so that visitors are redirected to the
 default_subnav_slug when available. Eg, example.com/members/boone/activity
 will redirect to example.com/members/boone/activity/just-me
 3) Fixes the blogs component so that the subnav tab actually works (this
 is currently broken)

 I like this solution because it removes redundant URLs for profiles in a
 way that is non-intrusive and backward compatible. Its biggest downside is
 that the resolved URLs are generally longer and uglier; you will never
 resolve to example.com/members/boone, for instance.

 Thoughts?

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