Work with URL Aliases

Click the URL Aliases link under Design/Setup on the Reports and Tools page to manage URL aliases for a Web site. Only a Website Administrator may create, edit, and delete URL aliases. A folder Author or Manager can view them.

If you need to redirect from one URL to another, you can create a URL alias that redirects traffic to the intended URL. This is a convenient way to handle "old" URLs after a site migration. For instance, an organization migrating from an external site to a Luminate CMS site can use a URL alias to redirect from this:

/cgi-bin/pages/xyz.jpl

to this:

/animals/friendly.html

URL aliases are also used, for instance, to manage the "vanity" URLs typical in print and radio advertising. An agency that prints an easily-remembered URL on a flyer can redirect from the flyer's URL:

www/myagency.org/caring

to the actual URL:

https://secure.fundraising.myagency.org/campaigns/alaska/fisheries.jsp

A URL alias consists of a target folder, a keyword and the "real" or Destination URL, which is often longer. The alias or short-version URL is created from the target folder and keyword:

http://www.yoursite.org/foldername/keyword

(Including a folder name in the URL alias is optional.) When Web site visitors access the alias, they are redirected to the "real" URL, which can be for a Web page on your own site or an external Web site.

Since they are not visible in Website Explorer, URL aliases can be thought of as "phantom" folders or items.