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Old addresses after a relaunch

URL aliases and wildcards are content settings, not layouts; keep old addresses working when pages move.

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Old addresses after a relaunch

Links to the old site still lead somewhere.

Life cycle: Launch, example 27 of 33. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents

  1. In the Layouts editor
  2. In the administration
  3. Which to choose
  4. Check

In the Layouts editor

  1. Mappings by Path follow the address: check them after renaming pages.

In the administration

  1. Setup > URL wildcards and URL translator manage redirects and aliases; a moved page keeps its node ID, so menus and mappings by Location still work.

Which to choose

Prefer Location targets for pages whose address may change.

Check

  • The old addresses answer with the new pages.

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