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  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.


  4. Click the radio button next to the route.

  5. Click Modify.

  6. 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.).


  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.

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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 Parameter Values

Resulting final SEO-friendly URL

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
20About UsAboutUs~Custompage.aspxcustompage=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/category/category-code-or-name


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