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 site. 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 a Page Route
- From the 'Administrator Role', go into 'SEO' in the Content Menu
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 |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Examples
Sequence | Route Name | Route URL | Web Page | Default Parameters | Resulting final SEO Friendly URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Contact Us | ContactUs | ~/Questionnaire.aspx | questionnaire=Contact | www.YourWebSite.com/ContactUs |
2 | Help | Help | ~/Custompage.aspx | custompage=Help | www.YourWebSite.com/Help |
3 | Home | Home | ~/Home.aspx |
| www.YourWebSite.com/Home |
