Blog Pile
Better MT-ing 1: Naming Files To Your Advantage
What’s in a file name? Well it is the URL that you will publish, so make the most of it. You can make room for flexibility in your blogs if you set things so all content created is published as *.php rather than *.html.
What is PHP? A long forgotten acronym, but it is a powerful server side language for mixing in some script like commands that can make web pages be much more dynamic than static HTML. Even if you never use one iota of PHP code, your blog site can still spit out web friendly content, HTML only if you change things as described below. It is an once of prevention (well maybe more than an ounce) that creates opportunity down the road.
So in this bit of MT, we will show you how to change everything so your blog is on the PHP bandwagon, and then show you an easy way to save your individual blog posts with more meaningful urls than http://www.mycoolsite.org/blog/archives/000035.html