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Configuring Structured URL Settings

Prerequisites:

Administrators can map requested URL paths to CMS xIDs. Structured URLs generate a semantic virtual page hierarchy by storing content items in a flat directory structure.

For example, the non-structured URL http://mycompany.com/x123.xml could, instead, look like http://mycompany.com/products/hardware/tools.

To configure structured URL settings:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Publishing System > Publishing Targets.
  2. Select the appropriate publishing target from the Managing Publishing Targets list.

    The Info tab displays for the selected publishing target.

    Publishing Target Info Tab

  3. Navigate to the Structured URL Settings section in the Info tab.

    Structured URL Settings

  4. Complete the following fields:
    FieldDescription

    Home Page (required)

    Provide the xID where structured URLs begin. Only the home page and content items beneath its xID receive structured URL mapping, automatically.

    Tip

    If your Site Tree contains multiple websites within the same file structure, choose the home page location carefully.

    Error Handling Page

    You can specify an internal page to handle errors. If you don't specify a page, the CMS uses the default File not Found error page.

    Important

    This page doesn't need to be beneath the Home Page xID. If you specify an xID, the page must meet the following conditions:

    • the page is published.

    • the page is available on the DSS site.

    • the page has a different xID than the home page.

    URL File Extension (without dot)

    You can specify what extension structured URLs use: htm, html, or xml. Although visitors can reach a page by using any of the three extensions, the extension specified are visible in navigations. The default extension is xml.

    Note

    Omit the period from the extension you provide.

    URL Word Separator

    You can specify the replacement for spaces contained in file names. If you select no list item, the structured URLs default to Remove spaces between words.

    Select one of the following list items:

    • dash ( - )

    • Underscore ( _ )

    • Remove spaces between words (default)

    Site Base URL

    Provide a base URL for the publishing target. This base displays in each of the publishing target's structured URLs.

  5. Select or clear the following checkboxes:
    OptionDescription

    Publish lower case URLs

    If selected, specifies that all links published in site pages display in lower case.

    Redirect all requests to canonical URL automatically

    If selected, automatically uses a 301 redirect to send users to the canonical URL of a given page if they request the page with a different URL. The canonical URL represents the URL that you want website users to see.

    Include folder names in URLs

    If selected, allows the Site Tree structure, including folder names, to reflect in the URLs generated.

    Normalize URL Separators

    If selected, prevents separators from repeating in structured URLs. For example, if an administrator selects the dash (-) as the URL word separator, the page name Student - Life will display as Student-Life rather than Student---Life.

    Remove character diacritics

    If selected, strips URLs of characters with diacritical marks (e.g., á, ñ, ü) and replaces them with non-diacritic characters.

    Preserves periods in URL

    If selected, prevents the CMS from stripping the period (.) character from URLs.

    Enable alias URL pathing

    If selected, CMS includes URL paths for aliases in page navigation elements when aliased content has been published to the DSS.

  6. Click Save in the top right corner of the Managing Publishing Targets pane.

Next Steps:

Choose one of the following optional steps.