Redirecting old Pages URLs after introducing categories

[Meddysong]

I have a Pages database which is set not to include categories, since I couldn't think what they would be: http://completeesperanto.uk/

I'm now going to introduce categories, since the previous problem has resolved itself. That means that my current articles will move from http://completeesperanto.uk/articles to http://completeesperanto.uk/articles/titbits. I've already shared links to the articles at their original address so before I introduce categories, I'd like to make it so that anybody visiting https://completeesperanto.uk/articles/heading-westwards/ actually goes to https://completeesperanto.uk/articles/titbits/heading-westwards/.

Is there a way to accomplish this without redirecting via the htaccess file? 

[Meddysong]

It appears as though by some sort of magic the redirect is automatic. Great development! 🙂

[opentype]

Yeah, it really only needs the ID. For example: I stripped categories and the FURL part from this URL:
https://invisioncommunity.com/news/-r1055/

Still works. 

Same with topics: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/447826-doesnt-matter

 

[Meddysong]

Ahh ... that'll be why it didn't let me use the same slug in different databases then!