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If you are creating a new page, the SEO URL or page route can be added.
Once a page has been saved, follow these steps to edit the Page Route. This is especially useful for Custom pages
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, to give them
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meaningful
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URLs for SEO and your users.
To
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edit a Page Route:
- From the 'Administrator Role', go into 'SEO'. To do this:
- Under Settings in the menu, click on 'SEO'.
- Alternatively navigate to 'zSearchEngineOptimisationMaintenance.aspx'.
- Select the 'URL Routing' tab
- Click on 'New' which is located below the grid containing the page routes.
- Insert the relevant details into each field
- Click on 'OK' to create the page route or 'Cancel' to not insert the page route.
- Click on 'Re-register Routes' in order for the new page route to be operational for the site
To Edit a Page Route:
- From the 'SEO Page' and 'SEO Tab' inside that page, use the search bar above the grid containing the page routes to find the page route to maintain.
- Select the page route's record from the grid.
- Click on 'Modify' which is located below the grid containing the page routes
- Update the relevant details for the page routes
- Click on 'OK' to save the changes or 'Cancel' to leave the page route's details as is.
- Click on 'Re-register Routes' in order for the edited page route to be operational for the site
Property | Description |
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Sequence | The order in which the page routes are interpreted |
Route Name | Name of the route |
Route URL | Route for mapping requests (e.g. "Help" ) |
Web Page | Web Page that requests matching the above route are redirected to (e.g. ~/CustomPage.aspx) |
Default Parameter Values | Need to specify default values for parameters (e.g. custompage=Help) |
- In the CMS, go to Settings → SEO Maintenance. or Page Routes (zSearchEngineOptimisationMaintenance).
Click the URL Routing tab.
- Use the Search tool to find the page route.
- Click the radio button next to the route.
- Click Modify.
Update details.
Sequence - Order the page routes are interpreted. New page routes do not necessarily need to have unique values assigned.
Info Page routes are checked each time a search is performed. Lower sequence numbers are examined first – therefore frequently used pages (i.e. 'Home', 'Login') should have a lower value than pages such as 'Terms & Conditions', which might only be viewed occasionally.
Route Name - Description of page route.
Route URL - Route for mapping requests. This will appear in the site's URL (e.g. 'Help', 'ContactUs' ).
Web Page - Page the above route is redirected to.
Default Parameter Values - Default values for parameters based on the web page (e.g. 'custompage=Help' would be the Default Parameter Values for the 'Help' URL route.).
- To save, click OK.
- For the new page route to work on the site, click Re-register Routes.
Create a SEO URL / Page Route
To create a Page Route:
- In the CMS, go to Settings → SEO Maintenance. or Page Routes (zSearchEngineOptimisationMaintenance).
Click the URL Routing tab.
- Click New.
- Enter details in the fields.
- To save, click OK.
- For the new page route to work on the site, click Re-register Routes.
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Users can be redirected to Specials/Campaign pages from a URL. First, create a Page Route for the Custom Page or Template. Then simply include the URL with an 'R' parameter prefacing the Custom Page name: http://mywebsite.com.au/login.aspx?R=mycampign |
Examples
Sequence | Route Name | Route URL | Web Page | Default |
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Parameter Values | Resulting final SEO |
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10 | Contact Us | ContactUs | ~/Questionnaire.aspx | questionnaire=Contact | www.YourWebSite.com/ContactUs |
10 | Help | Help | ~/Custompage.aspx | custompage=Help | www.YourWebSite.com/Help |
10 | Home | Home | ~/Home.aspx |
www.YourWebSite.com/Home | |||||
20 | About Us | AboutUs | ~Custompage.aspx | custompage=aboutus | www.YourWebSite.com/AboutUs |
500 | Product Route | Product/{product}/{ProductSEOName} | ~/ProductDisplay.aspx | www.YourWebSite.com/product/product-code-or-name | |
500 | Category Route | Category/{CategorySEOName}/{*CategorySEONameOptional} | ~/ProductDisplay.aspx | www.YourWebSite.com/ |
category/category-code-or-name |
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