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    Friendly URLs

    All SiteOrganic pages, by default, have a page ID. When first created, the page address will appear something like this:

    http://www.mywebsite.com/pages/page.asp?page_id=12345

    The friendly URL tool allows you to create a shorter, more memorable address for your pages. Once a friendly URL has been created, you can still view the page at its regular page ID (like the one above), or you can use a Friendly URL like this:

    http://www.mywebsite.com/contact

    Check out the video below for instructions, or jump down below for further information:

    To create your friendly URL:

    1. Open your page in the admin console (edit site > edit pages > select group) and go to the friendly URL panel (in the Page Editor area)..
    2. Type in the text of your friendly URL. Please keep in mind a few guidelines:
      1. May not contain spaces
      2. Must only have the following character types: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or - (hyphen)
      3. Must be unique (i.e. cannot duplicate another Friendly URL elsewhere on the same Website).
      4. If you have multiple domain names pointing to your Website (e.g. mywebsite.com, mywebsite.org, mywebsite.net), a single Friendly URL will work for all of them. It is not necessary to set up a separate Friendly URL for each domain.
      5. Friendly URLs cannot be used on Feedback Form pages.
      6. Friendly URLs cannot be used to point to external addresses (i.e. they can only point to pages on your own Website).
      7. Friendly URLs cannot be used to point to files or documents (only pages). If you want to point to a document, then put a link to that document on a page, and then create your Friendly URL on the page itself.
    3. Click the "Add" button. You will see your URL appear in the list below.

    You can setup more than one friendly URL per page. After you have created a friendly URL, you can test it immediately by typing or pasting the address into a Web browser. You can create more than one friendly URL per page.

    If you are an Administrator, you can also setup friendly URLs under site administration > friendly URLs. From here you will enter the friendly URL name and then just the pages portion of your page URL in the target field (i.e. pages/page.asp?page_id=12345). This is the page your friendly URL will point to.