Questions tagged [urls]
a character string used to represent a location on the Internet that can be typed or accessed by a user. URLs often present in human-readable the organization behind the website and the function of the specific page being navigated to, in addition to their purely functional use.
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what is the best experience for URL inputs?
I am designing some input which users should enter some links, I want to know what is the best way for these kind of inputs for users to show them doesn't need to enter "https://" and we ...
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Singular vs plural forms for entities in CMS website
Let's say I have a (frontend) website where users can register and post, just like StackExchange, which makes use of a REST API to fetch the data. So the website is located at https://www.example.com ...
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Should I update an items slug after renaming item
So we are currently using slugs in URLS as identifers, like website.com/item/my-nice-item where to slug is generated from the item name "My nice item!" Now the user will be able to rename ...
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Does URL structure really matter to users?
I have seen a bunch of answers regarding URL structure and SEO. However, I would like to know does URL structure really matter to users? For example, if I have: Parentsite.com/brand1 Parentsite.com/...
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Why do some emails include a link to the same destination as the button right above them?
Can someone explain the purpose behind this practice? Is it an accessibility issue and is this practice outdated? For example: "If you have trouble with the link above, copy and paste this URL ...
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What is the best experience for generating unique usernames?
We are building a social network and as part of user onboarding, we want to assign each user a unique username The only currently defined use case for the username is the profile URL, i.e. if your ...
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Is it a weird user experience to add parameters to a url just for internal tracking?
I have an internal request to add parameters to the url like ?from=productPage&searchTerm=[term] so that pages can be tracked for analytics. This feels like a weird smell to me, especially as the ...
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How to structure URLs for language localized marketing and admin pages
So I have let's say 20 languages the marketing pages of the website are localized into. I am thinking of doing this... mywebsite.com/en/page-1 mywebsite.com/en/page-2 mywebsite.com/zh/page-1 ...
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Is it a good idea to use fb.me over facebook.com in advertising material?
Apologies if there's a better Stack site for this, but I can't think of what it could be. I'm designing some flyers for an upcoming side business of mine, and need to include a link to my Facebook ...
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Paths Short or Long
I am working through a problem with path names. The previous version of a site used short codes for url paths. Coming into this for a new project and the short code based paths, while deterministic, ...
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What should be app URL vs organisation URL?
I have created an App. Let's say MyApp. Now, what should be URL for the app? The name of the organization is also the same. Let's say "myapp Inc". So what is the best practice to display ...
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Is there any standard for modern browsers showing/hiding the URL protocol within a browser’s URL area/omnibox?
This post is sparked by this recent post on SuperUser as well as this other SuperUser post from 2018 on the same topic. Basically, some modern web browsers purposefully obfuscate (aka: hide) the URL ...
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What is the most preferred subsite url for a dashboard? (subsite.site.com)
What is the best URL for dashboards? What is the most common and what users remember the best? Examples: go.site.com on.site.com dashboard.site.com app.dashboard.com PS I hope url naming is ...
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How to make a printed gTLD name apparently a URL meant to be typed in by users?
I'm making a full page ad and have a short link that users will hopefully enter into their browser to learn more and place a purchase. It is a generic top level domain, but pretty short, then has a ...
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How close should a link mimic the underlying URL?
Situation: We have a website where a link is present with the following text: iPads & Tablets This link refers to the following URL: https://www.website.com/tablet-watch Question: Is it ...
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