Glossary ======== Canonical URL -------- base\_url + base\_path + permalink Base URL ---- base\_url is the point of ownership In most cases that would be https://johndoe.com In some cases that might be https://school.edu/~/johndoe It does NOT include a trailing / Base Path ----- base\_path is the blog directory In most cases that would be / or /blog/ It DOES include BOTH a LEADING and TRAILING slash. In the case of https://school.edu/~/johndoe/weblog, the base\_path would be /weblog/. Permalink ------ The permalink is the permanent part of the URL, after the path to the blog. For example: * http://blog.johndoe.com/articles/first-post.html the permalink is articles/first-post.html * http://johndoe.com/blog/articles/first-post.html the permalink is still articles/first-post.html * http://school.edu/~/johndoe/blog/articles/first-post.html the permalink is yet still articles/first-post.html The permalink is ALWAYS RELATIVE (no leading slash) It is designed so that if you ever move your blog from one domain, point of ownership, or path to a new one, a very simple one-line redirect can be made to your webserver and all of the posts will end up in the right place once again. base\_url the permalink refers to