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When this is done, you need to configure an auto alias definition by following these steps:

Click the Edit button, then check “Enable Automatic Aliasing” and click the Save button.

Go to Configuration/URL Aliasing/Settings.

To setup an automatic alias, you will first need to enable automatic aliasing in the Ektron Workarea by following these steps: Automatic aliasing will create more meaningful aliases for you behind the scenes as you create content pages. Automatic AliasesĬreating automatic aliases takes a few steps to set up, but can save you a lot of time in creating aliases. You can also choose whether you want the URL to end in a “/” or with an extension such as “.html” or “.aspx”. This will set the URL for the page to /ManualVsAutomaticAliasing/.

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For example, if you have created a content page that is a blog, it might have the following link: You can make the URL more meaningful by entering a manual alias such as blogs/ManualVsAutomaticAliasing in the Manual Alias field.

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This feature gives you full control over the alias. By going to the “Alias” tab of any content page, you can simply type in exactly what you want the alias to be. The manual alias feature in Ektron makes creating an alias very easy. For example, a page can be given the alias /ManualVsAutomaticAliasing/ which to a user is much more meaningful than In Ektron, there are two ways to create an alias: Manual Aliases

To make it more clear what the user can expect to see when clicking on the link, you can use aliasing. It is basically something that looks like the following: To the user this is meaningless. When you create content in Ektron, it automatically has a link that doesn’t really mean much to a user. Let’s look at how aliasing is handled in the Ektron CMS: What is Aliasing in Ektron?Īliasing is the ability to give your content a more meaningful link. One especially helpful tool that can help users understand what content is included on a page and where they are in the site’s navigation is aliasing.

When creating content for your website, you want to do everything you can to help users navigate your site without causing them any confusion. Help users navigate your website more efficiently by following aliasing best practices, WSOL covers alias types in Ektron to help you decide which is best for you.

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