I love Get Simple. Besides it being simple, the flat file structure makes it super fast. This post is about a parents permalinks tweak to help get a more consistent permalink structure.
Get Simple only allows up to 2 levels of children to be shown properly on a permalink. This can cause issues with Google webmaster tools and other SEO efforts. For instance, I was getting far too many 404 error alerts than I should have been getting.
In order to combat this we use the i18n plugin that allows for more rich navigation. The custom permalink structure /%parents%/%slug%/ will allow more levels of children to be shown in the URL. Unfortunately, this permalink structure breaks News Manager Updated, a good blogging solution for Get Simple.
If we patch a core file for Get Simple, we can enjoy both the functionality of the parents tag as well as the intended function of News Manager Updated.
Edit admin/inc/basic.php, and find the following line:
Code:
$plink = str_replace('%parent%/', $parent, $PERMALINK);
You will see this line near the end of function find_url. Replace this line with the following:
Code:
$plink = str_replace('%parent%/', $parent, str_replace('%parents%', '%parent%', $PERMALINK));
I love Get Simple but not sure if it will ever go beyond a fun personal project. Let me know if you want to see more on this CMS.
In the meantime, check out the initial WordPress guides if you've missed those.
