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Web site administrators will need to refer to this information when they need to set up SEO friendly URLs, also knows as page routes, for a siteIf you are creating a new page, the SEO URL or page route can be added.

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Once a page has been saved, follow these steps to edit the Page Route. This is especially useful for Custom pages (How do I create custom pages?) , to give them a meaningful and SEO Friendly URL.

Step-by-step guide

To Create URLs for SEO and your users.


To edit a Page Route:

  1. From the 'Administrator Role', go into 'SEO' in the Content Menu
  2. Select the 'URL Routing' tab

  3. Click on 'New' which is located below the grid containing the page routes.
  4. Insert the relevant details into each field
  5. Click on 'OK' to create the page route or 'Cancel' to not insert the page route.
  6. Click on 'Re-register Routes' in order for the new page route to be operational for the site

 

To Edit a Page Route

  1. 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.
  2. Select the page route's record from the grid.
  3. Click on 'Modify' which is located below the grid containing the page routes
  4. Update the relevant details for the page routes
  5. Click on 'OK' to save the changes or 'Cancel' to leave the page route's details as is.
  6. Click on 'Re-register Routes' in order for the edited page route to be operational for the site

 

Property

Description

SequenceThe 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)

  1. In the CMS, go to Settings → SEO Maintenance. or Page Routes (zSearchEngineOptimisationMaintenance).

  2. Click the URL Routing tab.

  3. Use the Search tool to find the page route.
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  4. Click the radio button next to the route.

  5. Click Modify.

  6. Update details.
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    Sequence - Order the page routes are interpreted. New page routes do not necessarily need to have unique values assigned.

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    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.).


  7. To save, click OK.

  8. 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:

  1. In the CMS, go to Settings → SEO Maintenance. or Page Routes (zSearchEngineOptimisationMaintenance).

  2. Click the URL Routing tab.

  3. Click New.

  4. Enter details in the fields.

  5. To save, click OK.

  6.  For  the new page route to work on the site, click Re-register Routes.


Tip

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

Parameters

Parameter Values

Resulting final SEO
Friendly
-friendly URL
1

10

Contact Us

ContactUs

~/Questionnaire.aspx

questionnaire=Contact

www.YourWebSite.com/ContactUs
2

10

Help

Help

~/Custompage.aspx

custompage=Help

www.YourWebSite.com/Help
3

10

Home

Home

~/Home.aspx


www.YourWebSite.com/Home
20About UsAboutUs~Custompage.aspx
 
custompage=aboutuswww.YourWebSite.com/AboutUs
500Product RouteProduct/{product}/{ProductSEOName}~/ProductDisplay.aspx
www.YourWebSite.com/product/product-code-or-name
500Category RouteCategory/{CategorySEOName}/{*CategorySEONameOptional}~/ProductDisplay.aspx
www.YourWebSite.com
/Home
/category/category-code-or-name


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