news module item number in URL

[adiwillow]

Hi all, is there any way to get rid of the item number in the news URL? or at least put a '-' before it or something?

Curenntly my url's are...

www.site.com/posts/news-title7.php

This isnt too good for SEO, so can the number be got rid?

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

This isnt too good for SEO

Why?

Matthias

[adiwillow]

because if you are using news pages specifically as landing pages (as i and many others do) the the page titles (which appear in the url)  of the pages are your main keyterms.
Adding a number directly after the last word will effectively render that last word useless !

in the case of
www.site.com/blue-widgets7.php

'widgets7' is a completely useless word.

[chio]

modules/news/save_post.php ca line 65:
// Work-out what the link should be
$post_link = '/posts/'.page_filename($title).$post_id;


$post_link = '/posts/'.page_filename($title) .'-'. $post_id;

[adiwillow]

ah of course.. obvious.. thanks