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Re: Why is this forum on SMF?
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decodx
on 29/12/2023, 23:02:29 UTC
Recently I installed a forum for testing. I used phpbb on it but later I realised that it has a big demerit that the URL it gives does not contain the content of title of thread. I checked this forum and here also the issue is same. Was this not taken into consideration while choosing forum software ? Or does it not matter much? Are there some special benefits of SMF over other popular forum softwares like xenforo or vbulletin?

Changing topic titles may mean URLs also get altered.  Some good reasons exist, however, for keeping URLs static rather than dynamic.  Firstly, search engines can index unchanging URLs more easily.  Second point - user-friendliness; folks bookmarking threads need assurance the URL leads back no matter if tweaks occur to the title.