As an experienced website operations expert, I fully understand that how to flexibly and effectively manage URL structure in a content management system is crucial for the SEO performance and user experience of a website.AnQiCMS provides powerful and comprehensive features in this aspect, allowing you to easily customize the URL of pages and categories, and ensure their uniqueness throughout the entire site.

How to set a custom URL for editing a page or category and ensure its uniqueness across the entire site?This core theme, a detailed interpretation of AnQiCMS URL customization strategy.

Security CMS Custom URL: Optimize your website structure and SEO, and ensure the uniqueness of the entire site

In today's digital marketing environment, a clear, meaningful, and easy-to-remember URL address not only enhances user experience but is also an indispensable part of search engine optimization (SEO).AnQiCMS is well-versed in this, providing website operators with flexible custom URL features, helping you create a website structure that is both aesthetically pleasing and beneficial for search engine crawling.

Understand the URL mechanism of AnQiCMS: The clever combination of pseudo-static and custom

The core of AnQiCMS's URL management lies in the collaborative effect of its powerful 'pseudo-static rules' configuration and the 'custom URL' field.When you create documents, categories, single pages, or tags in the system, AnQiCMS will automatically generate a pinyin-based URL alias based on the title content you enter.This automated processing is very convenient for quick content publication, but in many scenarios, we may need more personalized, content theme-revealing, or keyword-including URLs.

At this moment, the "Custom URL" field comes into play.It allows you to manually input the URL path you want, thus getting rid of the default pinyin naming.Please note that the magic of custom URLs does not exist independently; it needs to be coordinated with the system's 'pseudo-static rules' to achieve maximum effectiveness.In other words, you first need to tell AnQiCMS which naming pattern your website URL will follow, then you can freely customize the specific URL paths under that mode.

Step-by-step configuration: Make your custom URL take effect

To successfully set up and use a custom URL, you can follow the following two main steps:

Step 1: Enable the appropriate pseudo-static rule

Whether the custom URL can take effect on the front end depends on whether the pseudo-static rules you choose include{filename}or{catname}Such variables. These variables are the key for AnQiCMS to recognize and apply your custom URLs.

  1. Enter the pseudo-static rule management interface:Log in to the AnQiCMS backend, navigate to 'Function Management', and then click the '伪静态规则' option.
  2. Select or customize the rule:AnQiCMS has built-in multiple pseudo-static rule modes, such as 'number mode', 'model naming mode', or 'category naming mode'. If you want to reflect a custom name in the URL, please select or switch to a supported mode.{filename}(Used for custom names of documents, single pages, tags) or{catname}rules for (custom names for categories). For example, a common rule might look like this:archive===/{module}/{filename}.html(The URL of the document will be the model name/custom filename.html).{id}/{filename}/{catname}/{module}/{page}Create the URL structure that best fits your website's SEO strategy. Be sure to include any custom rules you may have.{filename}or{catname}So that the custom URL you enter during content editing can be recognized and applied by the system. Remember to save your pseudo-static rules after configuration.

Step Two: Set custom URL during content editing

Once your rewrite rules are properly configured, you can use custom names and specify the URL manually when editing various content.

  1. Find the 'Custom URL' field:Whether it is a document (such as an article, product), category, single page, or tag, you will find a field named 'Custom URL' when editing this content.This field usually displays a string based on pinyin.
  2. Enter your custom URL:You can enter any URL alias you want to display in this field. For example, if you have an article about 'AnQiCMS Feature Introduction', you might want its URL to be/anqicms-features.htmlThen you can enter in the "Custom URL" fieldanqicms-features.
    • Character limit:It should be noted that for the custom URL of tags, the system strictly specifies that only letters, numbers, and underscores can be entered, and spaces are not allowed. To ensure consistency and avoid potential issues, it is recommended to follow this standard in the custom URLs of all content, using hyphens-Replace spaces to improve the readability and SEO-friendliness of URLs.
  3. Save content:Complete the custom URL input and save your content.At this moment, AnQiCMS will generate the corresponding page address on the front end based on the pseudo-static rules you set and your custom URL.

How does AnQiCMS ensure the uniqueness of the entire site?

When setting a custom URL, a core requirement is 'site-wide uniqueness'.Imagine if two different pages have the same URL, the system will not be able to determine which page the user is accessing, which will lead to confusion and errors.

AnQiCMS cleverly solves this problem:

  • Intelligent detection and automatic correction:When you input a custom URL and save it, AnQiCMS will perform a full-site check to determine if the URL has been used by other pages, categories, or tags.
  • Append random number:If the system detects that the custom URL you entered already exists, it will not directly block you from saving. Instead, it will automatically append a string of random numbers to the custom URL you provided to ensure the uniqueness of the URL. For example, if you enterabout-usAnd the URL is already occupied, AnQiCMS may change it toabout-us-123orabout-us-xyz.

Although AnQiCMS will automatically handle the uniqueness issue, as a website operator, we still recommend that you try to maintain the uniqueness of the content when manually setting custom URLs.A concise URL without random number suffixes looks more professional and is easier to remember and share. It is a better choice for SEO and user experience.

**Practical Suggestions

  • Keyword integration:Integrating core keywords into the URL helps search engines understand the page content and improve relevance.
  • Short and easy to read:Keep URLs short and readable, avoid long strings, which are easier for users to remember and share.
  • Use hyphens:Prefer hyphens-over underscores_Separate words in URLs, which is recommended by search engines.
  • Maintain consistency:Try to maintain consistency in URL structure and naming style to enhance the overall professionalism of the website.
  • Avoid frequent changes:Once published, the URL should be avoided from being changed.If it is indeed necessary to change, be sure to set up a 301 redirect to point the old URL to the new URL to prevent traffic loss and a decrease in SEO weight.

By following these steps and strategies, you can fully utilize the custom URL feature of AnQiCMS, fine-tune the URL structure of your website, win better performance in search engines for your website, and provide users with a smooth and intuitive browsing experience.

Common Questions (FAQ)

1. Why didn't the custom URL I set take effect on the front page, or is the displayed URL still the default pinyin or numbers?

This is likely because the pseudo-static rules on your website are not configured correctly, or the currently effective pseudo-static rules do not support the use of custom names. Please make sure to check the "Function Management" -> "Pseudo-static Rule" settings in the AnQiCMS backend to ensure that the rules you have selected include{filename}or{catname}Such a variable. The custom URL you enter during content editing will only take effect when the pseudo-static rules allow the use of custom names.

**2. What if my custom URL contains Chinese characters? How will AnQiCMS handle it?