In website operation, a clear and friendly website address (URL) not only improves user experience but is also an indispensable part of search engine optimization (SEO).The original dynamic URL often contains complex parameters and symbols, which is not very friendly to search engine spiders and user understanding.And the pseudo-static function is to convert these complex dynamic URLs into simple, readable URLs similar to static pages, thereby optimizing the website's performance at both the visual and technical levels.

AnQiCMS (AnQiCMS) understands the importance of URL structure for website SEO, and therefore incorporates powerful pseudostatic and 301 redirect management features.This feature aims to help users optimize the URL structure of the website, making it more semantically meaningful and easier for search engines to understand and index, thereby significantly improving the overall SEO performance of the website.

Understand the pseudo-static feature of Anqi CMS

In the AnQi CMS backend, you can find the 'Static Rules' option under the 'Function Management' menu.This is the core area for configuring the website URL display method.The Anqi CMS provides a variety of flexible pseudo-static rule settings, including ready-to-use preset modes and support for high customization to meet the personalized needs of different websites.

1. Select the predefined pseudo-static mode

For users who are new to it or want to go live quickly, AnQi CMS provides four default pseudo-static modes, which are carefully designed and can be directly selected to reduce the complexity of configuration:

  • Numeric mode:This is a concise pattern, usually with the ID number as the core identifier of the URL. For example, the article detail page might be/archive/123.html. This pattern is easy to manage internally, but the semantics are slightly weaker.
  • Model naming pattern:In this mode, the URL will include the name of the model (such as "article", "product"). For example, the article detail page may look like this./article/123.html. This helps users and search engines understand the type of page content.
  • Category naming pattern 1 and Category naming pattern 2:These patterns will build URLs based on the category of the content, the difference may lie in whether the parent path of the category is included or different delimiters are used. For example,/news/industry/latest.htmlor/category-news-id-123.htmlThis pattern can clearly show the level structure of the website.

Select these preset modes, the system will automatically generate the corresponding URL based on the content type, without any additional complex configuration. Just click in the background to select, and it can be applied immediately.

2. Flexible Custom Mode

When the preset mode cannot fully meet your SEO or brand needs, the 'custom mode' of Anqi CMS can fully display its strength.The custom mode allows you to define URL structures separately for the six core page types of the website (document details, document list, model homepage, single page, tag list, tag details)

In custom rules, you can use a series of built-in variables to construct a unique URL:

  • {id}:The unique ID of the content.
  • {filename}:Custom filename (alias) for the content.
  • {catname}:Custom category name (alias).
  • {catid}:Unique ID for category。
  • {module}:Name of the model to which the content belongs (e.g., 'article', 'product').
  • {page}:Pagination page number, usually used on list pages.

Example: How to build a custom URL

Assuming you want the URL of the article detail page to be/news-title.htmlof whichnewsis the model name,titleis the custom filename of the article, you can configure it like this in custom mode:

archive===/{module}-{filename}.html

For example, would you like the URL of the category list page to display as/category/category-name/page-2.html:

category===/category/{catname}(-{page})

Here(-{page})This indicates that the page number is optional, and it will not be displayed if it is the first page/page-1To keep the URL concise.

Optimize the display of URLs in the content

The activation of static rules cannot be achieved without your cooperation during content editing. Anqi CMS provides a "Custom URL" field when publishing documents, managing categories, and setting tags:

  • Document Details Page:When publishing an article or product, the editing interface will have a "Custom URL" field.The system will automatically generate a pinyin as the default value based on the title you enter.To optimize SEO, you can manually modify this field to include core keywords while keeping it concise and memorable.
  • Document category page:When creating or editing categories, there is also a "Custom URL" field. It is recommended that you set it to the pinyin or English abbreviation of the category name, and include the core keywords.
  • Document tab:Tags as another way to classify content, their URLs can also be customized to ensure that the tab addresses have semantics.

When customizing URLs, make sure they are unique across the entire site to avoid SEO issues caused by duplicate URLs.If the manually entered URL is duplicated with the existing URL, the system will automatically add a random number at the end to ensure uniqueness.

Key strategies to improve SEO

The static function is just a link in the SEO optimization process, to achieve **effect, it still needs to be supported by other strategies:

  1. URL readability and keywords:Choose a URL structure that includes keywords, concise, and user-friendly. Avoid long URLs and meaningless random numbers. For example,/product/anqi-cms-features.htmlcompared to/p/?id=123&cat=456more advantageous.
  2. Maintain consistency in the URL structure:Once a static rule has been selected or customized, it should be maintained as stable as possible. Frequent changes to the URL structure may confuse search engines and affect crawling and ranking.
  3. Use 301 redirect:If you inevitably need to change the old URL structure, the 301 redirect feature of Anqi CMS is particularly important.It can permanently redirect the old URL to the new URL, informing search engines that the page has been migrated, thus passing the SEO weight of the old page and avoiding loss of traffic and ranking.Find '301 Redirect Management' in 'Feature Management' to set it up.
  4. Canonical (Canonical) Tag:Even if pseudo-static is used, duplicate URL problems may still exist in some cases (such as multiple versions of content, different parameter combinations leading to the same actual content). Anqi CMS supports calling the 'standard link' field in the TDK (title, keywords, description) tag settings in the template.canonicalTag, clearly tell the search engine which is the main version, to avoid duplicate content penalties.
  5. Cooperate with advanced SEO tools:The URL after static optimization, which can better work with the advanced SEO tools built into AnQi CMS, such as Sitemap generation (helping search engines discover all pages), Robots.txt configuration (controlling the range of search engine crawling) and so on, forming a complete SEO optimization system.

Supplementary configuration of web server:

It is worth noting that the mechanism for handling pseudo-statics in Anqi CMS is completed internally.This means that your web server (such as Nginx, Apache) needs to be configured with a general rule to forward all requests for non-existent files or directories to the AnQi CMS for processing, and then the AnQi CMS will parse according to its internal pseudo-static rules and return the correct page content.In the AnQiCMS installation document, you can see the recommended configuration for servers such as Nginx, which usually include similartry_files $uri $uri/index.html @AnqiCMS;This instruction is to implement this forwarding mechanism