Module Single Item URL Modification

Posted by Community Admin on 04-Aug-2018 14:24

Module Single Item URL Modification

Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 01-Aug-2011 00:00

When selecting a specific news item the url from the news list, the url for the news item is dynamically set to something like:

localhost:54372/.../2011/07/27/my-title

Is there a way to remove the date part of the url and simplify it to read something like? 

localhost:54372/.../my-title 

I would like to simplify the url for all modules if possible unless there is a SEO reason that the date is included or some other good reason?  Thanks in advance. 

Marc 

Posted by Community Admin on 01-Aug-2011 00:00

Hi Marc,

You can set the urlFormat from the configuration.

You should add a new parameter to the NewsProvider - Go to Administration >> Settings >> Advanced and expand the News node

For Key enter "urlFormat". For value enter "/[UrlName]". All without the quotes.


Best wishes,
Ivan Dimitrov
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Posted by Community Admin on 01-Aug-2011 00:00

Thanks for the quick reply.  I added the parameter with the suggested value, but the url still reads as: 

localhost:54372/.../version-1 

when the item is selected.  I added the value underneath the following location: 

Settings > Advanced > News > Providers > OpenAccessDataProvider > Parameters 

I have the Key as urlFormat and the Value as /[UrlName].  I have also recycled the instance to make sure it wasn't caching.  Thoughts?

Posted by Community Admin on 01-Aug-2011 00:00

Hello Marc,

The URLs for items are compiled/generated on each publish of an item. This means that once you edit the UrlFormat and restart the website you should perform a "dummy" edit on the item.

Regards,
Radoslav Georgiev
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Posted by Community Admin on 01-Aug-2011 00:00

Cool that got it working.  Good to know thanks for the info guys. 

Cheers, 

Marc

Posted by Community Admin on 28-Jan-2012 00:00

Hi

I don't know why, but after I change the urlFormat, and dummy change all news, all the news links send to the news page as expected but the  page shows a 404 error
http://[domain]/news/[newstitle] -> 404 error page

I tried to activate mutliple urls in both page and news but tha doesn't solve the problem.
Can you tell me why do I have this problem

PS: using version 4.4.2117 of sitefinity

Best regards

Posted by Community Admin on 31-Jan-2012 00:00

Hi Paulo,

I couldn't reproduce what you reported. Take a look at the attached images and verify that your settings are correct. Also, did you restart your application and republish news items after setting urlFormat?

All the best,
Jen Peleva
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