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  • Thomas 18 posts 39 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:04
    Thomas
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    UrlRewriting rewrite url to make it shorter?

    Hi,

    I wonder if someone could help me out with a problem ive been stuck on for some time:

    I have a fairly large site that due to content requirements nests folders, the consequent end url of the folders is undesirable however. Is there a way to use the UrlRewriting facility to remove specific levels within the folder structure?

    For example, converting:

    current url: www.mysite.com/country/global/north-america/canada/filename.aspx

    to

    desired url: www.mysite.com/canada/filename.aspx

    I have looked at the umbraco alias package & bit.ly packages but neither really do what i want.

    I have no experience with RegEx so any assistance would be greatly appreciated, i've tried editing the urlrewrite config but keep recieving errors.

    Regards,

    Tom

    - If anyone knows another way to automatically reduce the size of the urls, without changing structure I would be more than happy to hear it :)

  • Thomas 18 posts 39 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:07
    Thomas
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    The current url was:

    http://www.mysite.com

    /country

    /global

    /north-america

    /canada

    /filename.aspx

    url/5foldernames/filename.aspx

  • Peter Dijksterhuis 1442 posts 1722 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:17
    Peter Dijksterhuis
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    You could try to add a property to your pages: umbracoUrlAlias

    More info here: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/umbraco-best-practices/umbracourlalias

    You don't need to do anything else, just fill that with the desired url-name, umbraco will pick it up.

    Does this help?

    Peter

  • Thomas 18 posts 39 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:22
    Thomas
    0

    Hi Peter,

    Thank you for your reply. Ive looked into the umbracourlalias & it doesnt quite provide the solution.

    - I would like a solution that provides one unique url

    - Doesnt require a change to the umbraco content structure

    - Works automatically without the user having to enter a desired url.

    Any ideas?

    Regards,

    Tom

  • Thomas 18 posts 39 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:31
    Thomas
    0

    Hi Peter,

    Thank you for your reply. Ive looked into the umbracourlalias & it doesnt quite provide the solution.

    - I would like a solution that provides one unique url

    - Doesnt require a change to the umbraco content structure

    - Works automatically without the user having to enter a desired url.

    Any ideas?

    Regards,

    Tom

  • Thomas 18 posts 39 karma points
    Mar 31, 2010 @ 21:38
    Thomas
    0

    Hi Peter,

    Thank you for your reply. Ive looked into the umbracourlalias & it doesnt quite provide the solution.

    - I would like a solution that provides one unique url

    - Doesnt require a change to the umbraco content structure

    - Works automatically without the user having to enter a desired url.

    Any ideas?

    Regards,

    Tom

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