Pretty links

[BenCurry]

Hi, 

On  Wordpress I use pretty links plugin to make easy to remember URLs to certain posts and pages. 

Is there a way I can do this on here too? 

Example: 

i have a forum post that has turned into a really good guide, I want to be able to tell people to go to mysite.com/guide

or I have an event in my calendar and I want to easily promote it. Mysite.com/event then later change that url to point at the latest event each month  

id this possible? 

[Meddysong]

This sounds like a job for ACP > System > Advanced Configuration (under the heading Settings) > Friendly URLs, Ben.

[BenCurry]

Hi, 

I'm still struggling get a resolution on this.

Either I am doing something wrong, or its not a feature.  

1 example of what I want to do; 

A section on my forum is for my local gaming group - http://www.tga.community/forums/forum/16-derby-wargames-society/

I would like to be able to tell people to go to http://www.tga.community/derby to land on this page

 

a 2nd example.

I recently ran an event.  The event was called alliance and the listing was here - http://www.tga.community/forums/topic/1071-events-uk-alliance/

I would like to tell people to go to http://www.tga.community/events

That event has now finished and the next one is being advertised soon.  I would like to use the same short link and now redirect it to the new event page.  

 

How do I do this? 

Thanks, Ben

[Nathan Explosion]

[BenCurry]

thanks @Nathan Explosion i'll take a look at this today and report back.  

[BenCurry]

Ok, I had another look at this.  What i'm struggling on now if finding the 'real url' of any given page of the site.  When i browse to the forum section that I want to create a new friendly link to I get this http://www.tga.community/forums/forum/16-derby-wargames-society/

but when creating a new 'friendly url'  the 'real url' should look like what @Nathan Explosion has posted.  

I tried copying the layout that you posted (forum id16 is the correct section) but i just got a page not found error when following my easy link

Any help? 

Thanks

[Nathan Explosion]

Post your equivalent screenshot of what I posted, please.

[BenCurry]

@Nathan Explosion I have the /Derby link working now.  I must have had a typo in there somewhere, thanks.

But I still do not know how I would find the 'Real URL' for any page that I wanted to create a friendly link for.  

 

I also do not know the 'consequences' of creating links this way.  Dos the old version now not work? 

what does this mean?  - Adjusting these settings is recommended only for advanced users. Custom URLs are not backwards compatible with the default URLs and so any changes will have an immediate negative effect on your search engine rankings.

[Nathan Explosion]

35 minutes ago, BenCurry said:

But I still do not know how I would find the 'Real URL' for any page that I wanted to create a friendly link for.

There are loads of examples right there on the friendly url page which you can copy the 'real url' from - that's how I did the 2 examples.

 

35 minutes ago, BenCurry said:

I also do not know the 'consequences' of creating links this way.  Dos the old version now not work? 

No reason why the 'old' version won't work at all - so no consequences. You're not affecting the urls other than creating new ones.

 

35 minutes ago, BenCurry said:

what does this mean?  - Adjusting these settings is recommended only for advanced users. Custom URLs are not backwards compatible with the default URLs and so any changes will have an immediate negative effect on your search engine rankings.

It means "don't change things here unless you know what you are doing and are able to handle the potential problems you create if you cause an existing friendly url to no longer work"....add away. But don't edit the existing items.

And you don't need to keep mentioning me on your replies - I get notified anyway when you reply.

[BenCurry]

Thanks for taking the time to go through this with me.  

On wordpress there is a plugin that can set up easy redirects and also the option to set the 'slug' on every page and post.  Its really simple.  IPS is not so 'idiot proof' at times...

 

[Joy Rex]

3 hours ago, BenCurry said:

Thanks for taking the time to go through this with me.  

On wordpress there is a plugin that can set up easy redirects and also the option to set the 'slug' on every page and post.  Its really simple.  IPS is not so 'idiot proof' at times...

 

Some would say the same about WordPress! I find IPS much easier to use than any of the times I tried to set up a WP site