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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, navigate to 'SEO' in the Settings 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 (refer to the legend below).
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.

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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.
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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')

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1. should have a lower value than pages such as 'Terms & Conditions', which might only be viewed occasionally.

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's route details as is.
6. Click on 'Re-register Routes' in order for the edited page route to be operational for the site.

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Description

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The order in which the page routes are interpreted. New page routes do not necessarily need to have unique values assigned.

Note: The sequence values for Custom page routes should be lower than for Product/Category routes. This will help return results more quickly for non-product pages.  For instance, 'Contact Us', 'Help', and 'Home' could all have a sequence value of 10, and Product/Category routes could be 500.

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Route Name

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1. Route Name - Description of page route.
   Route URL

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1. - Route for mapping requests

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1. . This will appear in the site's URL (e.g. 'Help', 'ContactUs' ).
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1. Page - Page the above route

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1. is redirected to

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   Default Parameter Values

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1. - Default values for parameters based on the web page (e.g. 'custompage=Help' would be the Default Parameter Values for the 'Help' URL route.).

   
   

2. To save, click OK.
   
   
3. 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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