URL-rewriting concerns are at a level outside of JSF (they apply to the
entire servlet container,) so in that regard, I agree with Ed and do not
think it is appropriate to resolve this issue in JSF itself. The integration
points in JSF provide plenty of power to do this using extensions like
PrettyFaces.
Regarding the JavaScript "no-page refresh means no SEO link indexes," this
would be a problem no matter the technology you choose. If you use
JavaScript based links, you'll have SEO issues. However, your idea of
placing links in the footer is not a bad one, but search engines do not
always read the entire content of a page, so you might also consider using
something like breadcrumbs in the header (earlier in the content), or an
HTML (nonJavaScript) navigation bar or menu.
~Lincoln
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Ed Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com> wrote:
> Moving to users_at_javaserverfaces-spec-public.
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:09:45 +0000 (GMT), <ken.keller_at_kellerapps.com>
> said:
>
> KK> I didn't notice it while reading 7 pages of issues but sorry if I
> KK> missed it. I don't see it listed on the JSR proposal:
> KK> http://jcp.org/en/jsr/proposalDetails?id=344
>
> KK> Is the stance that prettyfaces is sufficient?
>
> That is my stance, yes. In any case, with the quality of PrettyFaces
> being what it is, putting this into the spec is not high priority right
> now.
>
> KK> Related to this is search engine indexing. The component libraries use
> KK> so much JS that search engines can't index "modern" JSF pages. What's
> KK> the recommended way to address this? Text links in the footer which
> KK> lead to indexable pages?
>
> I don't know what the best practice is here. Anyone else care to
> comment?
>
> Ed
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