URLs related settings

URLs related settings can be performed in Site Manager -> Settings -> URLs. The following table enumerates the settings and provides explanations for them:

 

Forbidden URL characters

List of additional characters that can't be used in the document alias and in the file system. The following characters are forbidden by default: ' \ /:*? “ <>|&amp;%.'#[]+ =.

Forbidden characters replacement

Character that will be used as a replacement of forbidden characters in the document alias and in the file system.

Friendly URL extension

Specifies extension of friendly URLs. The extension with dot should be entered, such as: .aspx or .html. When you omit this value, the friendly URLs will be the same as the alias path (e.g. ‘/products/nokia’).

Please note: The system of “friendly” or “smart” URLs provides several benefits. They are easy to remember and easy to write into the browser address bar. They are friendly to search engines (SEO friendly). They show user where she is located on the web site. You can easily send the URL of the document to your friend and she will see the same page with particular document.

Files friendly URL extension

Specifies extension of files friendly URLs that will be used, such as ".aspx" or ".html".

 

Example: getfile/<node alias>/myimage.gif.aspx

 

When you ommit this value, the files friendly URLs will end with image extenstion: getfile/<node alias>/myimage.gif

Excluded URLs

List of URLs (without domain) that should be excluded from the CMS engine. You can enter several paths separated by semicolon (;).

Default URL path prefix

Defines a default URL path prefix that will be used for all URLs of the content pages. This prefix is rewritten to ‘urlpathprefix’ query string parameter.

Use name path for URL path

If checked, this key indicates that name path should be automatically copied to the URL path.

Use permanent URLs

If enabled, URLs of documents and document attachments will be generated in permanent format; if disabled, friendly URLs will be used

Remeber original URLs when moving documents

Determines if new document aliases should be created when new document URL path or extension is set.

Google sitemap URL

URL that will be automatically rewritten to the physical location of the Google Sitemap. The physical location is ~/CMSPages/GoogleSiteMap.aspx.