Article Page ID (=link), Article Category ID (=link)

[sangham.net]

Dear TP friends and supporters,

I would like to ask some general questions in regard of article:

Page ID (url...page=XX):
* Is it possible to chose, change or modify the article page ID? As far as i had seen, it would be generated automatically, starting by 1....
* Where and when could it be changed
* How does the ID need to look. For example I would like to give it a lookalike like this "vin01m.mul0_rom"
* What is the use and the function of "Query title:" in the article

Category ID (url...cat=XX):
* Is it possible to chose, change or modify the category ID?
* Where and when could it be changed
* How does the ID need to look. For example I would like to give it a lookalike like this "vin01m_rom"
* What is the use and the function of "Short name:" in the article

Thank you very much for hints and explaining in advance

[lurkalot]

* What is the use and the function of "Query title:" in the article

OK the "Query title:" in articles question I can help you with.  I'll use an example from my other site to show you.   If you click the two links below you'll see the difference in your browser address bar. Even though they point to exactly the same article.   

If you don't  add a Query title: you'll have an address or link to your article like,
http://cameracraniums.com/forum/index.php?page=61

Now as my article is called Point of View, I can just add that to the Query title field, and then my link or address in my browser would look like this,

http://cameracraniums.com/forum/index.php?page=Point-of-View

I'm assuming the "Short name:" in the categories does the same thing, although I've never actually used this feature, so I don't know.

Hope this helps.

[sangham.net]

That sound's great, lurkalot! And it would be fantastic if my assuming is also what is really fact.

So if I understand right, the same page can be reached with "page=61" or "Point-of-View" but is still one data. Or do now 2 datas exist within the database?

Regarding the "Short name:" I am a little shy to try, I think I remembered one place where somebody had troubles with the ID and kind of signs here in the forum, but I can not remember (not sure if it was the same topic)

Thanks for your feedback and support!