diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92ab7c2..4ec79e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Important dirs:
   - `location=...` / `place=...`
 - Case-insensitive + accent-insensitive matching
 - Shows title/date/location/teaser/description/quote_da
-- Article permalinks use `?id=<article_id>`; filename fallback is no longer used
+- Article permalinks use `/post/<title-slug>`; legacy `?id=<article_id>` URLs redirect to the canonical post URL.
 - Permalink pages hide the bottom page numbers
 - Optional map image per video (hidden when source article has `.mvlog-hide-map`)
 - Video posters are resolved from the source image recorded in the thumbnail sidecar JSON; if the source image is missing, the `<video>` gets no poster
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Files:
 - `sw.js` — service worker fallback notification text
 
 Current text behavior:
-- Show notifications open the article permalink (`./?id=<article_id>`)
+- Show notifications open the canonical article permalink (`/post/<title-slug>`)
 - payload body: `New aticle @ MVL!`
 - SW fallback title/body: `MVL` / `New article @ MVL!`
 
diff --git a/_header.php b/_header.php
index 81515c6..611ab58 100644
--- a/_header.php
+++ b/_header.php
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 // Shared header for public pages (index.php, contact.php, etc.)
 $brandUrl = $brandUrl ?? '/';
 if ($brandUrl === '') $brandUrl = '/';
-?><header class="site-header admin-header"><div class="brand-wrap"><a class="header-logo" href="<?=h($brandUrl)?>" aria-label="MVLog home"><img src="assets/img/moto_travel.png" alt=""></a><a class="brand" href="<?=h($brandUrl)?>"><h1><?=h($siteHeaderTitle)?></h1><p>journal of an<br>unreliable narrator.</p></a></div><div class="header-actions"><button id="push-toggle" class="push-toggle" type="button" hidden aria-label="Notifications" title="Notifications"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 22a2.7 2.7 0 0 0 2.6-2h-5.2A2.7 2.7 0 0 0 12 22Zm7-6V11a7 7 0 0 0-5-6.7V3a2 2 0 0 0-4 0v1.3A7 7 0 0 0 5 11v5l-2 2v1h18v-1l-2-2Z"/></svg></button><a class="rss-link" href="feed.php" aria-label="RSS feed" title="RSS feed"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6.2 17.8a2 2 0 1 1-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 0ZM2.2 8.7v3.1a10 10 0 0 1 10 10h3.1A13.1 13.1 0 0 0 2.2 8.7Zm0-5.5v3.1a15.5 15.5 0 0 1 15.5 15.5h3.1A18.6 18.6 0 0 0 2.2 3.2Z"/></svg></a><a class="contact-link" href="contact.php" aria-label="Contact" title="Contact"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M22 6c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v12c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V6zm-2 0-8 5-8-5h16zm0 12H4V8l8 5 8-5v10z"/></svg></a></div></header>
+?><header class="site-header admin-header"><div class="brand-wrap"><a class="header-logo" href="<?=h($brandUrl)?>" aria-label="MVLog home"><img src="/assets/img/moto_travel.png" alt=""></a><a class="brand" href="<?=h($brandUrl)?>"><h1><?=h($siteHeaderTitle)?></h1><p>journal of an<br>unreliable narrator.</p></a></div><div class="header-actions"><button id="push-toggle" class="push-toggle" type="button" hidden aria-label="Notifications" title="Notifications"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 22a2.7 2.7 0 0 0 2.6-2h-5.2A2.7 2.7 0 0 0 12 22Zm7-6V11a7 7 0 0 0-5-6.7V3a2 2 0 0 0-4 0v1.3A7 7 0 0 0 5 11v5l-2 2v1h18v-1l-2-2Z"/></svg></button><a class="rss-link" href="/feed.php" aria-label="RSS feed" title="RSS feed"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6.2 17.8a2 2 0 1 1-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 0ZM2.2 8.7v3.1a10 10 0 0 1 10 10h3.1A13.1 13.1 0 0 0 2.2 8.7Zm0-5.5v3.1a15.5 15.5 0 0 1 15.5 15.5h3.1A18.6 18.6 0 0 0 2.2 3.2Z"/></svg></a><a class="contact-link" href="/contact.php" aria-label="Contact" title="Contact"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M22 6c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2H4c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v12c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h16c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V6zm-2 0-8 5-8-5h16zm0 12H4V8l8 5 8-5v10z"/></svg></a></div></header>
diff --git a/admin.php b/admin.php
index 44b635d..82ba9b7 100644
--- a/admin.php
+++ b/admin.php
@@ -273,6 +273,47 @@ function read_article_id($dir){
     $id = trim((string)file_get_contents($idFile));
     return article_id_is_valid($id) ? $id : '';
 }
+function permalink_slug_from_title($title, $fallback = 'post'){
+    $slug = strtr((string)$title, [
+        'æ'=>'ae','Æ'=>'ae','ø'=>'o','Ø'=>'o','å'=>'aa','Å'=>'aa',
+        'ä'=>'ae','Ä'=>'ae','ö'=>'oe','Ö'=>'oe','ü'=>'ue','Ü'=>'ue','ß'=>'ss','ẞ'=>'ss',
+        'č'=>'c','Č'=>'c','ć'=>'c','Ć'=>'c','ž'=>'z','Ž'=>'z','š'=>'s','Š'=>'s','đ'=>'d','Đ'=>'d',
+    ]);
+    if (function_exists('iconv')) {
+        $ascii = @iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $slug);
+        if ($ascii !== false) $slug = $ascii;
+    }
+    $slug = strtolower($slug);
+    $slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/', '-', $slug) ?? '';
+    $slug = trim($slug, '-');
+    return $slug !== '' ? $slug : $fallback;
+}
+function article_permalink_url($config, $articleId){
+    $articleId = strtolower(trim((string)$articleId));
+    if (!article_id_is_valid($articleId)) return '';
+    $map = [];
+    $used = [];
+    $dirs = input_dirs($config['uploads_dir']);
+    sort($dirs, SORT_STRING);
+    foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
+        $id = read_article_id($dir);
+        if ($id === '') continue;
+        $data = read_data($dir);
+        $title = trim((string)($data['title'] ?? ''));
+        if ($title === '') $title = basename((string)$dir);
+        $base = permalink_slug_from_title($title, $id);
+        $slug = $base;
+        if (isset($used[$slug])) $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6);
+        $n = 2;
+        while (isset($used[$slug])) {
+            $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6) . '-' . $n;
+            $n++;
+        }
+        $used[$slug] = true;
+        $map[$id] = '/post/' . rawurlencode($slug);
+    }
+    return $map[$articleId] ?? '';
+}
 function mvlog_announcement_sent(string $mvlogRoot, string $articleId, string $job): bool {
     $cacheFile = rtrim($mvlogRoot, '/') . '/cache/push_notifications.json';
     if (!is_file($cacheFile)) return false;
@@ -1556,7 +1597,7 @@ $runningJobs = active_worker_jobs($config);
     <noscript><button type="submit">Apply</button></noscript>
   </form>
   <?php if($hasVideo): ?><time class="admin-time<?= $staleLabel ? ' admin-time-stale' : '' ?>" title="<?=h($staleLabel ?: 'Video created at')?>"><?=h(date('d.m.Y H:i', filemtime($displayVideoPath)))?></time><?php endif; ?>
-</div><div class="admin-actions"><?php if($running): ?><span class="button disabled" title="Rendering now" data-edit-action="1">Rendering</span><?php elseif($publicLocked): ?><a class="button disabled" title="Disable Show and Permalink before editing" aria-disabled="true" data-edit-action="1" data-edit-href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>">Edit</a><?php else: ?><a class="button" href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>" data-edit-action="1" data-edit-href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>">Edit</a><?php endif; ?></div></div><?php $articleIdForLink = read_article_id($d); $titlePlain = $meta['title'] ?: ($info['title'] ?? basename($d)); $titleText = h($titlePlain); $dateFilterUrl = $meta['date'] ? ('admin.php?tab=edit&q=' . rawurlencode('date=' . $meta['date'])) : ''; $locFilterUrl = $meta['location'] ? ('admin.php?tab=edit&q=' . rawurlencode('location=' . $meta['location'])) : ''; ?><h2 class="video-row-title" data-title-text="<?=h($titlePlain)?>" data-permalink-url="/?id=<?=rawurlencode($articleIdForLink)?>"><?php if(article_id_is_valid($articleIdForLink)): ?><a href="/?id=<?=rawurlencode($articleIdForLink)?>" target="_blank"><?= $titleText ?></a><?php else: ?><?= $titleText ?><?php endif; ?></h2><p class="meta"><?php if($meta['date']): ?><a class="meta-filter" href="<?=h($dateFilterUrl)?>" title="Filter by date"><?=h($meta['date'])?></a><?php endif; ?><?php if($meta['location']): ?><a class="meta-filter" href="<?=h($locFilterUrl)?>" title="Filter by location"><?=h($meta['location'])?></a><?php endif; ?></p><?php if(!empty($meta['teaser'])): ?><p class="description-teaser"><?=h((string)$meta['teaser'])?></p><?php endif; ?><?php if($meta['description']): ?><p class="description"><?=nl2br(h($meta['description']), false)?></p><?php endif; ?><?php if(!empty($meta['quote_da'])): ?><p class="description-quote">“<?=h(trim((string)$meta['quote_da'], "\"“”"))?>”</p><?php endif; ?><?php $detailParts = []; if(!$hasVideo) $detailParts[] = 'No video'; if($previewVideo) $detailParts[] = 'Preview video'; $detailParts[] = basename($d); $detailParts[] = (string)($info['file_count'] ?? count(list_files($d))) . ' files'; ?><p class="details"><?=h(implode(' · ', $detailParts))?></p></div></article><?php endforeach; ?></div><?=page_links('edit',$editPage,$editPages)?></section><?php endif; ?>
+</div><div class="admin-actions"><?php if($running): ?><span class="button disabled" title="Rendering now" data-edit-action="1">Rendering</span><?php elseif($publicLocked): ?><a class="button disabled" title="Disable Show and Permalink before editing" aria-disabled="true" data-edit-action="1" data-edit-href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>">Edit</a><?php else: ?><a class="button" href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>" data-edit-action="1" data-edit-href="?id=<?=rawurlencode(read_article_id($d))?>&edit=<?=rawurlencode(basename($d))?>">Edit</a><?php endif; ?></div></div><?php $articleIdForLink = read_article_id($d); $permalinkHref = article_permalink_url($config, $articleIdForLink); $titlePlain = $meta['title'] ?: ($info['title'] ?? basename($d)); $titleText = h($titlePlain); $dateFilterUrl = $meta['date'] ? ('admin.php?tab=edit&q=' . rawurlencode('date=' . $meta['date'])) : ''; $locFilterUrl = $meta['location'] ? ('admin.php?tab=edit&q=' . rawurlencode('location=' . $meta['location'])) : ''; ?><h2 class="video-row-title" data-title-text="<?=h($titlePlain)?>" data-permalink-url="<?=h($permalinkHref)?>"><?php if($permalink && $permalinkHref !== ''): ?><a href="<?=h($permalinkHref)?>" target="_blank"><?= $titleText ?></a><?php else: ?><?= $titleText ?><?php endif; ?></h2><p class="meta"><?php if($meta['date']): ?><a class="meta-filter" href="<?=h($dateFilterUrl)?>" title="Filter by date"><?=h($meta['date'])?></a><?php endif; ?><?php if($meta['location']): ?><a class="meta-filter" href="<?=h($locFilterUrl)?>" title="Filter by location"><?=h($meta['location'])?></a><?php endif; ?></p><?php if(!empty($meta['teaser'])): ?><p class="description-teaser"><?=h((string)$meta['teaser'])?></p><?php endif; ?><?php if($meta['description']): ?><p class="description"><?=nl2br(h($meta['description']), false)?></p><?php endif; ?><?php if(!empty($meta['quote_da'])): ?><p class="description-quote">“<?=h(trim((string)$meta['quote_da'], "\"“”"))?>”</p><?php endif; ?><?php $detailParts = []; if(!$hasVideo) $detailParts[] = 'No video'; if($previewVideo) $detailParts[] = 'Preview video'; $detailParts[] = basename($d); $detailParts[] = (string)($info['file_count'] ?? count(list_files($d))) . ' files'; ?><p class="details"><?=h(implode(' · ', $detailParts))?></p></div></article><?php endforeach; ?></div><?=page_links('edit',$editPage,$editPages)?></section><?php endif; ?>
 <?php if($tab==='edit' && $editDir && $editRunning): ?><section><h2>Edit input dir</h2><p><code>in-dir/<?=h(basename($editDir))?></code></p><div class="err">This input directory is <?=h($editStatus)?>. Editing is disabled until the job completes.</div></section><?php endif; ?>
 <?php if($tab==='edit' && $editDir && !$editRunning): ?><section><h2>Edit input dir</h2><p><code>in-dir/<?=h(basename($editDir))?></code></p><form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="edit-form"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="update"><input type="hidden" name="dir" value="<?=h(basename($editDir))?>"><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?=h(ensure_article_id($editDir))?>"><label>Title<input name="title" value="<?=h($editData['title'])?>"></label><label>Teaser<input name="teaser" value="<?=h($editData['teaser'])?>" maxlength="240"></label><label>Danish quote<input name="quote_da" value="<?=h($editData['quote_da'])?>" maxlength="280"></label><label>Date<input name="date" value="<?=h($editData['date'])?>"></label><label>Place<input name="place" value="<?=h($editData['place'])?>"></label><label>Describe prompt<textarea name="describe_prompt" rows="4" placeholder="Optional extra guidance used by the Describe button"><?=h(read_describe_prompt($editDir))?></textarea></label><label>Description<textarea name="description" maxlength="5000" data-counter="description-counter-edit"><?=h($editData['description'])?></textarea><small id="description-counter-edit" class="counter"></small></label><button type="submit">Save changes</button><label>Add images / videos<input type="file" name="media[]" multiple accept="image/*,video/*"></label><label>Add audio<input type="file" name="audio[]" multiple accept="audio/*"></label><h3>Files and captions</h3><div class="file-list"><?php foreach($editFiles as $f): $ext=strtolower(pathinfo($f, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)); $fileUrl='in-dir/'.rawurlencode(basename($editDir)).'/'.rawurlencode($f); ?><div class="caption-row"><div class="preview"><?php if(in_array($ext,['jpg','jpeg','png','webp','gif'])): ?><img src="<?=h($fileUrl)?>" alt=""><?php elseif(in_array($ext,['mp4','mov','m4v','webm'])): ?><video src="<?=h($fileUrl)?>" controls preload="metadata"></video><a class="download-link" href="<?=h($fileUrl)?>" download>Download</a><?php else: ?><span><?=h(strtoupper($ext ?: 'FILE'))?></span><?php endif; ?></div><div class="caption-fields"><strong><?=h($f)?></strong><?php if(in_array($ext,['jpg','jpeg','png','webp','gif','mp4','mov','m4v','webm'])): ?><input type="hidden" name="caption_files[]" value="<?=h($f)?>"><textarea name="captions[]" placeholder="Optional caption for this file"><?=h($editData['captions'][$f] ?? '')?></textarea><?php if(in_array($ext,['mp4','mov','m4v','webm'])): ?><label class="checkbox-label"><input type="checkbox" name="use_audio_files[]" value="<?=h($f)?>" <?=!empty($editData['video_audio'][$f])?'checked':''?>> <span>Use video file audio</span></label><?php endif; ?><?php else: ?><small>No caption for audio files</small><?php endif; ?></div><div class="file-actions" style="display:flex;gap:.45rem;flex-wrap:wrap;align-self:start"><?php if(in_array($ext,['jpg','jpeg','png','webp','gif'])): ?><button type="button" class="set-thumb-btn" onclick="setThumb(<?=h(json_encode($f))?>)">Set as thumb</button><?php endif; ?><?php if(in_array($ext,['jpg','jpeg','png','webp','gif','mp4','mov','m4v','webm'])): ?><button type="button" class="button order-btn-up" title="Move up" onclick="moveFileOrder(<?=h(json_encode($f))?>,'up',this.closest('.caption-row'),this)">↑</button><button type="button" class="button order-btn-down" title="Move down" onclick="moveFileOrder(<?=h(json_encode($f))?>,'down',this.closest('.caption-row'),this)">↓</button><?php endif; ?><button type="button" onclick="deleteFile(<?=h(json_encode($f))?>)">Remove</button></div></div><?php endforeach; ?></div><button type="submit">Save changes</button></form><form method="post" id="delete-file-form" style="display:none"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete_file"><input type="hidden" name="dir" value="<?=h(basename($editDir))?>"><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?=h(ensure_article_id($editDir))?>"><input type="hidden" name="file" id="delete-file-name" value=""></form><form method="post" onsubmit="return confirm(\'Delete this input directory\?\')" id="delete-dir-form""><input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete_dir"><input type="hidden" name="dir" value="<?=h(basename($editDir))?>"><input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?=h(ensure_article_id($editDir))?>"><label class="checkbox-label"><input type="checkbox" name="delete_output" value="1"> <span>Also delete generated video, if any</span></label><button class="danger" type="submit">Delete Article</button></form></section><?php endif; ?>
 <?php if($tab==='new'): ?><section><h2>Add new movie input</h2><form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="new-form"><input type="hidden" name="action" value="create"><label>Title*<input name="title" required></label><label>Teaser<input name="teaser" maxlength="240"></label><label>Danish quote<input name="quote_da" maxlength="280"></label><label>Date<input name="date" placeholder="2026-05-25"></label><label>Place<input name="place"></label><label>Description<textarea name="description" maxlength="5000" data-counter="description-counter-new"></textarea><small id="description-counter-new" class="counter"></small></label><label>Images / videos*<input type="file" name="media[]" multiple required accept="image/*,video/*"></label><label>Audio (optional)<input type="file" name="audio[]" multiple accept="audio/*"></label><button type="submit">Create</button></form></section><?php endif; ?>
@@ -2032,8 +2073,9 @@ function updateAdminRowTitleLink(row){
   if(!titleEl) return;
   const title = titleEl.dataset.titleText || titleEl.textContent.trim();
   const url = titleEl.dataset.permalinkUrl || '';
+  const permalinkOn = row.dataset.permalink === '1';
   titleEl.textContent = '';
-  if(url){
+  if(url && permalinkOn){
     const link = document.createElement('a');
     link.href = url;
     link.textContent = title;
diff --git a/feed.php b/feed.php
index 2ea4907..9251a72 100644
--- a/feed.php
+++ b/feed.php
@@ -28,10 +28,21 @@ function video_metadata($path){
     }
     return $meta;
 }
+function article_id_is_valid($id){ return is_string($id) && preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $id); }
+function read_article_id($dir){ $file=rtrim((string)$dir,'/').'/.mvlog-id'; if(!is_file($file)) return ''; $id=strtolower(trim((string)file_get_contents($file))); return article_id_is_valid($id)?$id:''; }
+function slug_from_title($title,$fallback='post'){
+    $slug=strtr((string)$title,['æ'=>'ae','Æ'=>'ae','ø'=>'o','Ø'=>'o','å'=>'aa','Å'=>'aa','ä'=>'ae','Ä'=>'ae','ö'=>'oe','Ö'=>'oe','ü'=>'ue','Ü'=>'ue','ß'=>'ss','ẞ'=>'ss','č'=>'c','Č'=>'c','ć'=>'c','Ć'=>'c','ž'=>'z','Ž'=>'z','š'=>'s','Š'=>'s','đ'=>'d','Đ'=>'d']);
+    if(function_exists('iconv')){ $ascii=@iconv('UTF-8','ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE',$slug); if($ascii!==false)$slug=$ascii; }
+    $slug=strtolower($slug); $slug=preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/','-',$slug)??''; $slug=trim($slug,'-'); return $slug!==''?$slug:$fallback;
+}
+function title_from_data($dir){ $file=rtrim((string)$dir,'/').'/data.txt'; if(is_file($file)){ foreach(file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES)?:[] as $line){ if(!str_contains($line,':')) continue; [$k,$v]=array_map('trim',explode(':',$line,2)); if(in_array(strtolower($k),['title','name'],true)&&$v!=='') return $v; }} return nice_title(basename((string)$dir)); }
+function article_permalink_map($config){ $map=[]; $used=[]; $dirs=glob($config['uploads_dir'].'/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR)?:[]; sort($dirs,SORT_STRING); foreach($dirs as $dir){ if(!is_file($dir.'/.mvlog-permalink')) continue; $id=read_article_id($dir); if($id==='') continue; $base=slug_from_title(title_from_data($dir),$id); $slug=$base; if(isset($used[$slug])) $slug=$base.'-'.substr($id,-6); $n=2; while(isset($used[$slug])){ $slug=$base.'-'.substr($id,-6).'-'.$n; $n++; } $used[$slug]=true; $map[$id]='/post/'.rawurlencode($slug); } return $map; }
+function article_permalink_for_video($config,$videoName,$map){ $videoName=basename((string)$videoName); foreach(glob($config['uploads_dir'].'/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR)?:[] as $dir){ if(!is_file($dir.'/.mvlog-permalink')) continue; $stateFile=$dir.'/.movmaker-state.json'; if(!is_file($stateFile)) continue; $state=json_decode((string)file_get_contents($stateFile),true); if(!is_array($state)) continue; if($videoName===basename((string)($state['output']??''))){ $id=read_article_id($dir); return $map[$id]??''; }} return ''; }
 $scheme = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] !== 'off') ? 'https' : 'https';
 $host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ?? 'bubulescu.org';
 $baseUrl = $scheme . '://' . $host . rtrim(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']), '/');
 $hiddenOutputs = hidden_video_outputs($config);
+$permalinkMap = article_permalink_map($config);
 $videos = array_values(array_filter(glob($config['videos_dir'].'/*.{mp4,webm,mov,m4v}', GLOB_BRACE) ?: [], fn($v)=>empty($hiddenOutputs[basename($v)]) && !preg_match('/_preview\.(mp4|webm|mov|m4v)$/i', basename($v)) && !preg_match('/_preview\.(mp4|webm|mov|m4v)$/i', basename($v))));
 usort($videos, fn($a,$b)=>filemtime($b)<=>filemtime($a));
 $videos = array_slice($videos,0,20);
@@ -45,14 +56,14 @@ echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
 <description>Latest videos from MVLog Bubulescu.Org</description>
 <language>en</language>
 <lastBuildDate><?=date(DATE_RSS)?></lastBuildDate>
-<?php foreach($videos as $v): $name=basename($v); $m=video_metadata($v); $url=$baseUrl.'/out-dir/'.rawurlencode($name); $desc=trim(($m['location'] ? $m['location'].'. ' : '').$m['description']); ?>
+<?php foreach($videos as $v): $name=basename($v); $m=video_metadata($v); $videoUrl=$baseUrl.'/out-dir/'.rawurlencode($name); $articlePath=article_permalink_for_video($config,$name,$permalinkMap); $url=$articlePath!=='' ? ('https://bubulescu.org'.$articlePath) : $videoUrl; $desc=trim(($m['location'] ? $m['location'].'. ' : '').$m['description']); ?>
 <item>
 <title><?=x($m['title'])?></title>
 <link><?=x($url)?></link>
 <guid isPermaLink="true"><?=x($url)?></guid>
 <pubDate><?=date(DATE_RSS, filemtime($v))?></pubDate>
 <description><?=x($desc)?></description>
-<enclosure url="<?=x($url)?>" length="<?=filesize($v)?>" type="video/mp4" />
+<enclosure url="<?=x($videoUrl)?>" length="<?=filesize($v)?>" type="video/mp4" />
 </item>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 </channel>
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index cedb413..e8f0895 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ $config = require __DIR__ . "/config.php";
 foreach (["videos_dir", "thumbs_dir", "uploads_dir"] as $d) if (!is_dir($config[$d])) mkdir($config[$d], 0775, true);
 if (!is_dir(__DIR__ . "/cache")) mkdir(__DIR__ . "/cache", 0775, true);
 
-if (preg_match('~/index\.php(?:\?|$)~', (string)($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '')) && preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', (string)($_GET['id'] ?? ''))) {
-    header('Location: /?id=' . rawurlencode((string)$_GET['id']), true, 301);
-    exit;
-}
-
 function h($s){ return htmlspecialchars((string)$s, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8"); }
 function render_description_html($s){
     $html = h($s);
     $linked = preg_replace_callback('/(?<![A-Za-z0-9_])(subscribe|contact|journal|postcard)(?![A-Za-z0-9_])/i', static function($m){
-        return '<a class="description-contact-link" href="contact.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">' . $m[0] . '<span class="external-link-icon" aria-hidden="true">↗</span><span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a>';
+        return '<a class="description-contact-link" href="/contact.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">' . $m[0] . '<span class="external-link-icon" aria-hidden="true">↗</span><span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a>';
     }, $html);
     return nl2br($linked ?? $html, false);
 }
@@ -46,7 +41,7 @@ function ci_contains($haystack, $needle){
 function keep_non_empty(array $params): array { return array_filter($params, fn($v)=>$v !== '' && $v !== null); }
 function query_url(array $params): string {
     $params = keep_non_empty($params);
-    return $params ? ('?' . http_build_query($params)) : 'index.php';
+    return $params ? ('/?' . http_build_query($params)) : '/';
 }
 
 function hidden_video_outputs($config){
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ function public_url_path($path){
     $path = str_replace('\\', '/', trim((string)$path));
     if ($path === '') return '';
     $parts = array_values(array_filter(explode('/', $path), static fn($p) => $p !== ''));
-    return implode('/', array_map('rawurlencode', $parts));
+    return '/' . implode('/', array_map('rawurlencode', $parts));
 }
 function video_thumb_public_url($config, $videoName){
     $videoName = basename((string)$videoName);
@@ -175,6 +170,82 @@ function article_permalink_enabled($config, $articleId){
     if (!preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $articleId)) return false;
     return !empty($cache[$articleId]);
 }
+function permalink_slug_from_title($title, $fallback = 'post'){
+    $slug = strtr((string)$title, [
+        'æ'=>'ae','Æ'=>'ae','ø'=>'o','Ø'=>'o','å'=>'aa','Å'=>'aa',
+        'ä'=>'ae','Ä'=>'ae','ö'=>'oe','Ö'=>'oe','ü'=>'ue','Ü'=>'ue','ß'=>'ss','ẞ'=>'ss',
+        'č'=>'c','Č'=>'c','ć'=>'c','Ć'=>'c','ž'=>'z','Ž'=>'z','š'=>'s','Š'=>'s','đ'=>'d','Đ'=>'d',
+    ]);
+    if (function_exists('iconv')) {
+        $ascii = @iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $slug);
+        if ($ascii !== false) $slug = $ascii;
+    }
+    $slug = strtolower($slug);
+    $slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/', '-', $slug) ?? '';
+    $slug = trim($slug, '-');
+    return $slug !== '' ? $slug : $fallback;
+}
+function permalink_title_for_dir($config, $dir, $videoCache = []){
+    $dataFile = rtrim((string)$dir, '/') . '/data.txt';
+    if (is_file($dataFile)) {
+        foreach (file($dataFile, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES) ?: [] as $line) {
+            if (!str_contains($line, ':')) continue;
+            [$key, $value] = array_map('trim', explode(':', $line, 2));
+            if (in_array(strtolower($key), ['title','name'], true) && $value !== '') return $value;
+        }
+    }
+    $stateFile = rtrim((string)$dir, '/') . '/.movmaker-state.json';
+    $state = is_file($stateFile) ? json_decode((string)file_get_contents($stateFile), true) : [];
+    $output = is_array($state) ? basename((string)($state['output'] ?? '')) : '';
+    if ($output !== '') {
+        $path = $config['videos_dir'] . '/' . $output;
+        if (is_file($path)) {
+            $meta = $videoCache[$output]['metadata'] ?? video_metadata($path);
+            $title = trim((string)($meta['title'] ?? ''));
+            if ($title !== '') return $title;
+        }
+    }
+    return nice_title(basename((string)$dir));
+}
+function permalink_slug_map($config, $videoCache = []){
+    $map = [];
+    $used = [];
+    $dirs = input_dirs($config['uploads_dir']);
+    sort($dirs, SORT_STRING);
+    foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
+        if (!input_dir_permalink($dir)) continue;
+        $id = read_article_id($dir);
+        if ($id === '') continue;
+        $base = permalink_slug_from_title(permalink_title_for_dir($config, $dir, $videoCache), $id);
+        $slug = $base;
+        if (isset($used[$slug])) $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6);
+        $n = 2;
+        while (isset($used[$slug])) {
+            $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6) . '-' . $n;
+            $n++;
+        }
+        $used[$slug] = true;
+        $map[$slug] = $id;
+    }
+    return $map;
+}
+function article_permalink_url($config, $articleId, $videoCache = [], $absolute = false){
+    $articleId = strtolower(trim((string)$articleId));
+    if (!preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $articleId)) return '';
+    foreach (permalink_slug_map($config, $videoCache) as $slug => $id) {
+        if ($id === $articleId) {
+            $path = '/post/' . rawurlencode($slug);
+            return $absolute ? ('https://bubulescu.org' . $path) : $path;
+        }
+    }
+    return '';
+}
+function article_id_for_permalink_slug($config, $slug, $videoCache = []){
+    $slug = strtolower(trim((string)$slug, "/ \t\n\r\0\x0B"));
+    if (!preg_match('/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$/', $slug)) return '';
+    $map = permalink_slug_map($config, $videoCache);
+    return $map[$slug] ?? '';
+}
 function article_og_image_url($articleId){
     $articleId = strtolower(trim((string)$articleId));
     if (!preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $articleId)) return '';
@@ -203,8 +274,8 @@ function render_blank_page(){
 <title>MVLog</title>
 <?php include __DIR__ . '/_pwa_head.php'; ?>
 
-<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="assets/img/moto_travel.png">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css?v=20260531u">
+<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/assets/img/moto_travel.png">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css?v=20260531u">
 <style>html,body{height:100%;overflow:hidden}body{height:100dvh}main{flex:1;min-height:0}</style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -324,9 +395,23 @@ usort($allVideos, function($a, $b) use ($videoCache) {
     return $bd <=> $ad;
 });
 
-$articleId = trim((string)($_GET['id'] ?? ''));
-if ($articleId !== '' && !preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $articleId)) {
-    render_404_page();
+$postSlug = trim((string)($_GET['post'] ?? ''));
+$articleId = '';
+if ($postSlug !== '') {
+    $articleId = article_id_for_permalink_slug($config, $postSlug, $videoCache);
+    if ($articleId === '') render_404_page();
+} else {
+    $articleId = trim((string)($_GET['id'] ?? ''));
+    if ($articleId !== '' && !preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $articleId)) {
+        render_404_page();
+    }
+    if ($articleId !== '' && article_permalink_enabled($config, $articleId)) {
+        $canonicalPath = article_permalink_url($config, $articleId, $videoCache, false);
+        if ($canonicalPath !== '') {
+            header('Location: ' . $canonicalPath, true, 301);
+            exit;
+        }
+    }
 }
 if ($articleId !== '') {
     if (!article_permalink_enabled($config, $articleId)) {
@@ -409,7 +494,8 @@ $defaultOgImageUrl = 'https://bubulescu.org/assets/img/bubulescuorg.jpg';
 $ogImageUrl = $defaultOgImageUrl;
 $ogImageAlt = 'journal of an unreliable narrator.';
 $ogType = ($articleId !== '') ? 'article' : 'website';
-$ogUrl = ($articleId !== '') ? ('https://bubulescu.org/?id=' . rawurlencode($articleId)) : 'https://bubulescu.org/';
+$canonicalArticleUrl = ($articleId !== '') ? article_permalink_url($config, $articleId, $videoCache, true) : '';
+$ogUrl = ($canonicalArticleUrl !== '') ? $canonicalArticleUrl : 'https://bubulescu.org/';
 $pageTitle = 'MVLog';
 if ($articleId !== '') {
     $customOg = article_og_image_url($articleId);
@@ -435,6 +521,7 @@ $siteHeaderTitle = $headerTitles[array_rand($headerTitles)];
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
 <title><?=h($pageTitle)?></title>
+<link rel="canonical" href="<?=h($ogUrl)?>">
 <?php include __DIR__ . '/_pwa_head.php'; ?>
 
 <!-- Basic Open Graph -->
@@ -457,9 +544,9 @@ $siteHeaderTitle = $headerTitles[array_rand($headerTitles)];
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="<?=h($ogImageAlt)?>">
 <meta name="twitter:description" content="Motorcycle road stories, hockey passion, pizza nerdism and facts remembered by an unreliable narrator.">
 
-<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="MVLog RSS" href="feed.php">
-<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="assets/img/moto_travel.png">
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css?v=20260531u">
+<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="MVLog RSS" href="/feed.php">
+<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/assets/img/moto_travel.png">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css?v=20260531u">
 <style>
 .filter-form{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto;gap:.55rem;align-items:center;margin:0 0 .4rem}
 .filter-input-wrap{position:relative;min-width:0}
@@ -524,7 +611,7 @@ $siteHeaderTitle = $headerTitles[array_rand($headerTitles)];
   <form method="get" class="filter-form">
     <div class="filter-input-wrap">
       <input name="q" value="<?=h($rawKeyword)?>" placeholder="Search title/teaser/quote_da/description or use date=... / location=..." aria-label="Search articles">
-      <a class="filter-clear-inside <?=$rawKeyword === '' ? 'is-empty' : ''?>" href="index.php" aria-label="Clear filter" title="Clear filter">×</a>
+      <a class="filter-clear-inside <?=$rawKeyword === '' ? 'is-empty' : ''?>" href="/" aria-label="Clear filter" title="Clear filter">×</a>
     </div>
     <button type="submit" class="filter-submit" aria-label="Filter">
       <span class="icon" aria-hidden="true">🔍</span>
@@ -541,9 +628,9 @@ $siteHeaderTitle = $headerTitles[array_rand($headerTitles)];
       $base = pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
       $articleIdForVideo = video_article_id($config, $name);
       $permalinkEnabled = $articleIdForVideo !== '' && article_permalink_enabled($config, $articleIdForVideo);
-      $permalinkUrl = $permalinkEnabled ? ('/?id=' . rawurlencode($articleIdForVideo)) : '';
-      $shareUrl = $permalinkEnabled ? ('https://bubulescu.org/?id=' . rawurlencode($articleIdForVideo)) : '';
-      $url = $config['public_videos'].'/'.rawurlencode($name);
+      $permalinkUrl = $permalinkEnabled ? article_permalink_url($config, $articleIdForVideo, $videoCache, false) : '';
+      $shareUrl = $permalinkEnabled ? article_permalink_url($config, $articleIdForVideo, $videoCache, true) : '';
+      $url = '/' . ltrim((string)$config['public_videos'], '/') . '/'.rawurlencode($name);
       $m = $videoCache[$name]['metadata'] ?? video_metadata($v);
       $posterUrl = video_thumb_public_url($config, $name);
       $dateFilterUrl = query_url(['q' => 'date=' . (string)($m['date'] ?? '')]);
@@ -565,7 +652,7 @@ $siteHeaderTitle = $headerTitles[array_rand($headerTitles)];
           $hideMap = !empty($hiddenMapOutputs[$name]);
           if(!$hideMap && is_file($config['videos_dir']."/".$map)):
         ?>
-          <a class="map-image-link" href="<?=h($config['public_videos']."/".rawurlencode($map))?>"><img class="map-image" src="<?=h($config['public_videos']."/".rawurlencode($map))?>" alt="Map"></a>
+          <a class="map-image-link" href="<?=h("/" . ltrim((string)$config['public_videos'], "/") . "/" . rawurlencode($map))?>"><img class="map-image" src="<?=h("/" . ltrim((string)$config['public_videos'], "/") . "/" . rawurlencode($map))?>" alt="Map"></a>
         <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <div class="video-info">
diff --git a/lib/send_push.php b/lib/send_push.php
index 0da8b0e..e45f71c 100644
--- a/lib/send_push.php
+++ b/lib/send_push.php
@@ -86,6 +86,50 @@ function mvlog_read_article_id(string $jobdir): string
     return mvlog_article_id_is_valid($value) ? $value : '';
 }
 
+function mvlog_permalink_slug_from_title(string $title, string $fallback = 'post'): string
+{
+    $slug = strtr($title, [
+        'æ'=>'ae','Æ'=>'ae','ø'=>'o','Ø'=>'o','å'=>'aa','Å'=>'aa',
+        'ä'=>'ae','Ä'=>'ae','ö'=>'oe','Ö'=>'oe','ü'=>'ue','Ü'=>'ue','ß'=>'ss','ẞ'=>'ss',
+        'č'=>'c','Č'=>'c','ć'=>'c','Ć'=>'c','ž'=>'z','Ž'=>'z','š'=>'s','Š'=>'s','đ'=>'d','Đ'=>'d',
+    ]);
+    if (function_exists('iconv')) {
+        $ascii = @iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $slug);
+        if ($ascii !== false) $slug = $ascii;
+    }
+    $slug = strtolower($slug);
+    $slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/', '-', $slug) ?? '';
+    $slug = trim($slug, '-');
+    return $slug !== '' ? $slug : $fallback;
+}
+
+function mvlog_permalink_path_for_article(string $mvlog_root, string $articleId): string
+{
+    $articleId = strtolower(trim($articleId));
+    if (!mvlog_article_id_is_valid($articleId)) return '/';
+    $dirs = glob(rtrim($mvlog_root, '/') . '/in-dir/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [];
+    sort($dirs, SORT_STRING);
+    $used = [];
+    foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
+        if (!is_file($dir . '/.mvlog-permalink')) continue;
+        $id = mvlog_read_article_id($dir);
+        if ($id === '') continue;
+        $fields = mvlog_read_job_data_fields($dir);
+        $title = trim((string)($fields['title'] !== '' ? $fields['title'] : basename($dir)));
+        $base = mvlog_permalink_slug_from_title($title, $id);
+        $slug = $base;
+        if (isset($used[$slug])) $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6);
+        $n = 2;
+        while (isset($used[$slug])) {
+            $slug = $base . '-' . substr($id, -6) . '-' . $n;
+            $n++;
+        }
+        $used[$slug] = true;
+        if ($id === $articleId) return '/post/' . rawurlencode($slug);
+    }
+    return '/';
+}
+
 function mvlog_read_job_data_fields(string $jobdir): array
 {
     $data = ['title' => '', 'teaser' => '', 'description' => ''];
@@ -228,8 +272,9 @@ function try_send_show_notification($articleRefOrJob, $jobdir, $mvlog_root = nul
         $articleExcerpt = rtrim(substr($articleExcerpt, 0, 497)) . '...';
     }
 
-    $articleUrl = is_file($jobdir . '/.mvlog-permalink') ? './?id=' . rawurlencode($articleId) : './';
-    $journalUrl = 'https://bubulescu.org/' . (is_file($jobdir . '/.mvlog-permalink') ? '?id=' . rawurlencode($articleId) : '');
+    $articlePath = is_file($jobdir . '/.mvlog-permalink') ? mvlog_permalink_path_for_article($mvlog_root, $articleId) : '/';
+    $articleUrl = '.' . $articlePath;
+    $journalUrl = 'https://bubulescu.org' . $articlePath;
 
     // Attempt web-push, but never let push failure prevent the journal/Listmonk campaign.
     $pushOk = false;
diff --git a/sitemap.php b/sitemap.php
index 431f53e..7e65785 100644
--- a/sitemap.php
+++ b/sitemap.php
@@ -21,6 +21,34 @@ function sitemap_article_id_is_valid(string $id): bool {
     return (bool)preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}[a-f0-9]{16}$/', $id);
 }
 
+function sitemap_slug_from_title(string $title, string $fallback = 'post'): string {
+    $slug = strtr($title, [
+        'æ'=>'ae','Æ'=>'ae','ø'=>'o','Ø'=>'o','å'=>'aa','Å'=>'aa',
+        'ä'=>'ae','Ä'=>'ae','ö'=>'oe','Ö'=>'oe','ü'=>'ue','Ü'=>'ue','ß'=>'ss','ẞ'=>'ss',
+        'č'=>'c','Č'=>'c','ć'=>'c','Ć'=>'c','ž'=>'z','Ž'=>'z','š'=>'s','Š'=>'s','đ'=>'d','Đ'=>'d',
+    ]);
+    if (function_exists('iconv')) {
+        $ascii = @iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $slug);
+        if ($ascii !== false) $slug = $ascii;
+    }
+    $slug = strtolower($slug);
+    $slug = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/', '-', $slug) ?? '';
+    $slug = trim($slug, '-');
+    return $slug !== '' ? $slug : $fallback;
+}
+
+function sitemap_title_from_data_file(string $dir): string {
+    $file = rtrim($dir, '/') . '/data.txt';
+    if (is_file($file)) {
+        foreach (file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES) ?: [] as $line) {
+            if (!str_contains($line, ':')) continue;
+            [$key, $value] = array_map('trim', explode(':', $line, 2));
+            if (in_array(strtolower($key), ['title','name'], true) && $value !== '') return $value;
+        }
+    }
+    return basename($dir);
+}
+
 function sitemap_add_url(array &$urls, string $loc, string $lastmod, string $changefreq, string $priority): void {
     $urls[$loc] = [
         'loc' => $loc,
@@ -43,7 +71,10 @@ foreach ($staticPages as [$loc, $path, $changefreq, $priority]) {
     }
 }
 
-foreach (glob(rtrim($uploadsDir, '/') . '/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [] as $dir) {
+$articleEntries = [];
+$articleDirs = glob(rtrim($uploadsDir, '/') . '/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [];
+sort($articleDirs, SORT_STRING);
+foreach ($articleDirs as $dir) {
     if (!is_file($dir . '/.mvlog-permalink')) continue;
 
     $idFile = $dir . '/.mvlog-id';
@@ -68,11 +99,27 @@ foreach (glob(rtrim($uploadsDir, '/') . '/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) ?: [] as $dir) {
         if (is_file($videoPath)) $lastmodCandidates[] = (int)filemtime($videoPath);
     }
 
-    $lastmodTs = $lastmodCandidates ? max($lastmodCandidates) : (int)filemtime($dir);
+    $articleEntries[] = [
+        'id' => $articleId,
+        'base_slug' => sitemap_slug_from_title(sitemap_title_from_data_file($dir), $articleId),
+        'lastmod' => sitemap_lastmod_from_ts($lastmodCandidates ? max($lastmodCandidates) : (int)filemtime($dir)),
+    ];
+}
+
+$usedSlugs = [];
+foreach ($articleEntries as $entry) {
+    $slug = $entry['base_slug'];
+    if (isset($usedSlugs[$slug])) $slug = $entry['base_slug'] . '-' . substr($entry['id'], -6);
+    $n = 2;
+    while (isset($usedSlugs[$slug])) {
+        $slug = $entry['base_slug'] . '-' . substr($entry['id'], -6) . '-' . $n;
+        $n++;
+    }
+    $usedSlugs[$slug] = true;
     sitemap_add_url(
         $urls,
-        'https://bubulescu.org/?id=' . rawurlencode($articleId),
-        sitemap_lastmod_from_ts($lastmodTs),
+        'https://bubulescu.org/post/' . rawurlencode($slug),
+        $entry['lastmod'],
         'monthly',
         '0.8'
     );