We're about to change the URL character replacements (using the request handler configuration) on a site with a lot of content. This will change the URLs for ~50% of the content on the site.
As we understand it, Umbraco will not automatically redirect from the current URLs to the new URLs. And this will mean 404s for all affected content, and massive search engine damage.
For example,
/products/old_hats/really_öld_hat
will change to
/products/old-hats/really-old-hat
How would you go about creating redirects from the current URLs to the new URLs?
Is there any way to do it automatically?
Could we trigger "renames" somehow to make Umbraco add "old URLs" for us?
Could we inject stuff into the umbracoRedirectUrl table to add the current URLs as "old URLs" for affected content? Is there an API for this?
Would it be easier to solve using a third-party package like Simple Redirects somehow?
Is it correct that the current URLs will 404 when changing the request handler character replacements?
After some testing, it seems Umbraco automatically creates redirects when changing the character replacements. So this turned out to be a non-issue, everything was handled automatically via automatic redirects.
Create redirects when changing URLs via character replacements
We're about to change the URL character replacements (using the request handler configuration) on a site with a lot of content. This will change the URLs for ~50% of the content on the site.
As we understand it, Umbraco will not automatically redirect from the current URLs to the new URLs. And this will mean 404s for all affected content, and massive search engine damage.
For example,
/products/old_hats/really_öld_hatwill change to
/products/old-hats/really-old-hatHow would you go about creating redirects from the current URLs to the new URLs?
umbracoRedirectUrltable to add the current URLs as "old URLs" for affected content? Is there an API for this?After some testing, it seems Umbraco automatically creates redirects when changing the character replacements. So this turned out to be a non-issue, everything was handled automatically via automatic redirects.
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