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"Namez"
 
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Namez Readme.

Namez is a search/replace program for file names with multple "replace"
possibilities, similar to Replacez, but for files instead of text strings.

Namez can be also used to change file extensions, such as .html to .php.

Or, you can change repetive names of your html pages. For example, let's
say you have 100 pages, named:
apple-1.html
apple-2.html
apple-3.html
apple-4.html

You can enter:
Find in File Names:
apple

Replace with:
banana
cherry
desert
apple-pie

...and your pages will be renamed:
banana-1.html
cherry-2.html
desert-3.html
apple-pie-4.html


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1. "RE: Namez"
 
Got a question. A lot of my work begins with a list of key words that, amongst other things, wind up serving as the names of the files that hold the information my visitors (and especially those spiders) are looking for. It seems important to me that certain terms (as opposed to numbers) are used as the basis for file names because people use certain terms to conduct searches on the internet.

I may have missed something, but I have not yet seen how ZZ Tuelz is set up (for instance) to take in a list of terms and, using tags, create page names from each one of those given terms -- yielding page names like "johnny-depp-movies.html" or "orlando-bloom-johnny-depp-posters.html", for example. Using names like these, from an seo perspective, would seem to be friendlier to spiders than the option of feeding "numbered" pages (ie., apple1.html, apple2.html, etc) to spiders.

If I've missed this, I apologize and ask that you direct my attention to the right place. Either that, or do me the favor of explaining to me why the "named file" strategy (which takes in key terms and creates page names) is unnecessary, given some other function(s) that ZZ Tuelz utilizes.

Respectfully,

Steve Maclin
http://www.buyfromart.com
http://www.depp-johnny.com


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2. "RE: Namez"
 
Steve,

I know it's a little confusing, but ZZ is the one tuel that we discuss in the private forum:
http://www.dombom.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID9&conf=DCConfID1


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3. "RE: Namez"
 
   Hi Kurt,

Can I use Namez to replace every instance of a text string with nothing -- ie remove the text string altogether?

eg change:
--keyword1.html
--keyword2.html

to:
keyword1.html
keyword2.html

I have tried a few things in the "Replace with" box, such as "" and other generic ways typically used to represent null, but I can't find the right way...


Thanks,

Rob


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4. "RE: Namez"
 

>Can I use Namez to replace every instance of a text string
>with nothing -- ie remove the text string altogether?


Rob,

Not directly, but you can still do what you want, you just need to adjust your "logic" a little...

If your file names look like:
--keyword2.html

Find:
--k

Replace:
k

Basically, take out a little more, then put it back, if that makes sense.


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5. "RE: Namez"
 
   Rob

You can also put...

 

...in Replacez and it will leave a blank space. I have used this quite often

Graeme


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6. "RE: Namez"
 
Graeme used this code, without the spaces:

& n b s p ;

The forum read the html and displayed the blank space, not the code.


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7. "RE: Namez"
 
   Thanks, Kurt and Graham.

Kurt, I have been doing exactly what you suggested and going right through the alphabet. I was just hoping to cut the time down.

I saw a post from Graham mentioning using ... but it didn't work when I tried it -- now it's clear that Graham intended non-breaking-space and the forum scrambled it.

Anyway, all clear now, thanks again both

Rob


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8. "RE: Namez"
 
Rob,

From your example, I didn't realize you needed to replace more than one letter.

I'll put this on the list of features for Tuelz, but doubt that it will be ready to be of much use to you on this project.


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9. "RE: Namez"
 
   Hi Kurt,

That would be great. It's an ongoing thing for me, and I'm sure others will also find it useful from time to time.

Thanks,

Rob


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