CV3 URL Redirects - Revision history

Msnyder at 18:03, 21 October 2014

2014-10-21T18:03:38Z

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-==About==
+==Overview==
-/category/summer-flowers '''>> redirect >>''' /category/flowers
+==Why redirect?==
-/product/10-spiral-notebook '''>> redirect >>'''  /notebook.
+==Adding redirects to CV3 sites==
-==How to==
+URI redirect import files are plain text files (pipe-, comma-, or tab-delimited) that contain two or three columns (the third is optional).  The first is the "from" URL, which should be a relative path from your domain (meaning "/page/123" rather than "www.domain.com/page/123").  The second is the "to" URL, which can be either a relative path as the "from" URL or a complete URL to another domain.  Either one of these can include a query string (for "/product/123?promo=foo", "?promo=foo" is the query string).  The web server is case-sensitive, so you'll need to make sure the upper/lower case letters match for both URLs.
-Creating URI Redirects is simple
+Generally allowed characters are: A-Z (upper- and lower-case), 0-9, "+", "-", "_", "/", "%", "!", ".", "&", "?", "=", "#".  If your URLs contain any characters not shown here, they will need to be escaped; please contact our [[mailto:ecms@newhavensoftware.com Support Team]] for assistance.
-Uploaded import files are pipe-,comma-, or tab-delimited files that contain two columns. The first is the "From URI" which should be a relative path from your domain. The other column must contain the "To URI". A full URI or a relative path from your domain. Both To and From URIs can include a query string. These are also case sensitive.  If there are spaces in the original url you have to replace them with a + in the file. See below for examples.
+===Example import file===
 <pre>
 "/contact","/about_us","n"
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 "/customer+service","/customer_service"
 </pre>

Msnyder: moved ECMS URL Redirects to CV3 URL Redirects

2014-10-21T17:17:44Z

moved ECMS URL Redirects to CV3 URL Redirects

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Malcolm lee at 15:55, 31 March 2011

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			=== Importing the file ===
			After you have created an import file you can import it by going to Settings >> URI Redirects and uploading the file. After the file is finished you will receive an email with the results of the upload.

	== Example Import ==		== Example Import ==

Malcolm lee: Created page with '==About== URL(URI) Redirects allow you to specify a new URI for an existing resource. For example, if you change a category name and have links from search engines or other site…'

2011-03-31T15:28:40Z

Created page with '==About== URL(URI) Redirects allow you to specify a new URI for an existing resource. For example, if you change a category name and have links from search engines or other site…'

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==About==

URL(URI) Redirects allow you to specify a new URI for an existing resource. For example, if you change a category name and have links from search engines or other site directing to that page then you will have broken links. You can prevent this by using URI Redirects.

/category/summer-flowers '''>> redirect >>''' /category/flowers

Another common reason to use URI Redirects is to create custom landing pages. For example:

/product/10-spiral-notebook '''>> redirect >>''' /notebook.

==How to==

Creating URI Redirects is simple

Uploaded import files are pipe-,comma-, or tab-delimited files that contain two columns. The first is the "From URI" which should be a relative path from your domain. The other column must contain the "To URI". A full URI or a relative path from your domain. Both To and From URIs can include a query string. These are also case sensitive. If there are spaces in the original url you have to replace them with a + in the file. See below for examples.

The allowable characters are alphanumeric, "+", "-", "_", "/", "%", "!", ".", "&", "?", "=", "#"

Everything else will need to be escaped

<br />

== Example Import ==

Layout:
<pre>
"from uri","to uri","should the query string be appended [y/n]"
</pre>

Below is an example import file:
<pre>
"/contact","/about_us","n"
"/product_123","/product/123","n"
"/external_site","http://www.domain.com","n"
"/display?pid=123","/product/123","y"
"/promo_one","/?p=one","n"
"/Blog","/blog","n"
</pre>

If your original URI is "/customer service" with a space, replace the space with a plus + <br />
<pre>
"/customer+service","/customer_service"
</pre>