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- Web site administrators will need to refer to this information when they need to set up page routes for a site.
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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, to give them meaningful URLs for SEO and your users.
To 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.
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.
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- 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 Parameter Values | Resulting final SEO-friendly URL |
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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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