Redirects
If you want to make page redirects you have to do the following:
Add shortcuts to Website
You can add shortcuts to a website when you click on the website with tight button and on the dropdown menu choose “Add to -> ShortCuts”
If Shortcuts are created inside some of the websites, you just press Save on the newly created component Shortcuts. If you create it globally for all of the website solutions, then you can enter in “Host identities” field for which solution the shortcuts will apply.
In order to make page redirect you have to right click on “ShortCuts” and choose “Add To -> Redirect Short Cut”.
There are different page redirects:
410 redirects – page is no longer available
If the page is no longer available, you have to create 410-page redirect.
On the newly created page redirect component type the URL of the page that is no longer available the following way:
“/page-url.page-id.aspx”
Checkbox PageIsPermanentlyGone needs to be checked also.
301/302 page redirects
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Search engines sense the different types of redirects, and handle them differently. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary.
If you want to make 301 redirect do the following:
In URL field enter the URl of the page that will be redirected “/page-url.page-id.aspx” or path to product page component if it’s about products.
In Redirect URL field enter the ID of the new page to which one you want to be redirected.
Return permanently moved checkbox is where you choose if you want 301 or 302 redirect. Checked is 301 (permanently) and unchecked is 302 (temporary).
You have to make a test for redirect in order to be sure it’s set and working the correct way.
How to directly change path of normal page to friendly path via SEO tab
Go to Content -> Website -> Page -> SEO tab and write the desired path in Custom Path field with slash “/” at beginning. In our case we enter “/custom-path-url” and the page url becomes “https://website.com/custom-path-url”
