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First of all, I’d like to thank EL for making such a great software!

I have a few very broad questions and some narrow ones. I will try to list them here, hoping for an answer.

1. How does EE parse the URL’s ? They seem to just magically get parsed, /2008/08 gives the monthly archive, /comments/post-name gives the current post, etc. I can find nothing inside the index template nor the comments template that handles the URL’s, other than {exp:weblog:entries}. The reason I am asking is that I want to be able to have better control over this. I want to create permalinks looking like /2008/08/09/post-title, I want to be able to avoid using the template-group’s name in the URL, I want to be able to use the category name inside the URL, and more. Is there somewhere I can manually edit the URL’s to fit me? Not using htaccess, that is.

2. What does the Path-setting of Weblog Administration actually change? Can it be the answer to question 1 ?

3. How does the Pages module work (I have not bought this, however I am looking at a friends purchased version) ? Does the /example/page/uri come directly from index.php ? (Would making a page with that url end up with http://test.com/index.php/example/page/uri ?)

4. What is the difference between URI and URL (sorry if I have mixed these up in my post) ?

5. I know that you do not want to set a release date for v2.0, but is there any indication, whatsoever, to when it is getting released?

Thank you all in advance,
Douglas.

5. When will ExpressionEngine 2.0 be released? (*)
ExpressionEngine 2.0 will be released in the summer of 2008. (http://expressionengine.com/ee2_sneak_preview)

Welcome to the forums, Doggie52!  You’ll find the answers to your questions in the User Guide, mostly in the Getting Started section and the General Information areas.  Pages module docs can be found here.

4. What is the difference between URI and URL (sorry if I have mixed these up in my post) ?

Uniform Resource Identifier and Uniform Resource Locator.  In everyday usage, people often use them interchangeably, though they aren’t exactly the same.  A URL is a specific type of URI.  It’s kind of like sequoias vs. redwoods.  All sequoias are redwoods, but not all redwoods are sequoias.  Generally, everyone will understand you regardless of which you use, so don’t sweat it.

I realize I haven’t been as precise as I should have been. Feel free to use as advanced context as you wish, I am experienced in PHP enough.

Let me pose a direct question. How would I go around to getting, say, a permalink looking like 2008/08/03/i-am-cool for a post called I am Cool posted the 3rd of August 2008. How would I create a template to handle the URI and get me the correct post.