How is an URL resolved on WA?

The structure

The total flow of the resolution of an URL is seen on the flow diagram.
Note: "Other content type?" is made for simplicity but it includes the following:

• Story
• Blog post
• Competition
• Contest
• Gallery
• Quiz

Examples:

Having a tag and a category with the same name
From the flowchart it can be seen that as there exists a category with the same name as the tag the URL is redirected to that category and the flow starts again from the top. I.e., /tags/sex --> /sex.
Following the "no" flow until "Is "some-path" a category?" is reached gives the three following outcomes:

• If the category has a special panel assigned to it this will be shown.
• If there are no special panel, but a default panel this will be shown.
• If there are no panels it will yield an 404 error.

Wanting to access a panel

The "no" flow is followed until it reaches "Is "some-path" a panel?". After this, five options are checked. If any of these are true the flow will continue to "Is "some-path" a page?".

• Is there a category assigned to the panel?
• Is there a tag assigned to the panel?
• Is it a frontpage?
• Is there a default tag assigned to the panel?
• Is there a default category assigned to the panel?

If none of the above five are true the panel itself will be displayed.

Having an article with an external link
The "no" flow is followed until "Is "some-path" an article?" is reached. As it has an external link the flow starts from the beginning with the new URL.

Get the complete flow diagram here as PDF: