Content manager: custom url not really customizable

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Content manager: custom url not really customizable

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Hi,

This is a continuation of my topic on LISE and the custom URL feature. The problem I have is similar to that.
viewtopic.php?t=84696

I'm struggling a little bit with the meanig of "custom".

Summary: For a migration from another system to CMSMS, I need to preserve all URLs to avoid jeopardizing the website's good ranking. Problem: the old url structure is a little bit unusual. Not invalid, just unusual.

The custom URL feature would be perfect for this. But it seems that the content manager wants to impose its own idea of ​​a custom URL.
:)

URLs are case sensitive. domain.com/SITE.html is different from domain.com/site.html. The content manager overwrites uppercase characters with lowercase characters automatically. This is a problem for SEO if you want to keep established URLs consistent. Even if lowercase is of course more elegant.

So my question is: If there's a special feature to create a custom, non-automated URL, why does it let me do just that?


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Re: Content manager: custom url not really customizable

Post by antibart »

Note: When I am talking about "custom url feature", I mean the "Page Url" field under the navigation tab that allows to specify an alternatve URL instead of using the page alias.
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