What’s Changing with URLs in Web Evolve?
Web Evolve is introducing URL Aliases to provide cleaner, more user-friendly, and SEO-friendly URLs for both pages and Headless CMS (HCMS) content.
This update improves URL structure across your website while reducing reliance on manual redirects and workaround configurations.
What is Changing?
With URL Aliases enabled:
Pages will automatically receive human-readable URLs based on their page titles
HCMS content can use structured URL patterns configured by your organization
Friendly URLs will become the primary URLs used for navigation and sharing
Examples:
Content | Example URL |
|---|---|
Page | /about-us |
Department Page | /fire-department |
News Article | /content/news/community-cleanup-day |
Event | /content/events/fall-festival-2026 |
What This Means for Existing Sites
Page URL Aliases
Page aliases will be automatically generated for existing and new pages.
Authorized users can update page aliases if needed to better match site structure or SEO preferences.
No additional setup is required for page aliases.
HCMS URL Patterns
Important Note:
HCMS friendly URLs will not appear until a URL pattern has been configured for the content type.
HCMS content aliases require a configured URL pattern before friendly URLs are generated.
Examples:
/content/news/{title}
/content/events/{title}
/content/jobs/{title}
A site administrator must configure URL patterns for each content type you want to support.
What Happens to Existing URLs
Existing URLs will continue to work after URL Aliases are introduced.
Web Evolve automatically manages redirects between older URLs and the newer alias URLs when appropriate.
This helps:
Preserve bookmarks and shared links
Reduce broken links
Support a smoother transition for visitors and search engines
SEO Considerations
URL Aliases are designed to support modern SEO best practices by creating cleaner, more descriptive URLs.
Benefits may include:
Improved readability
Better keyword alignment
More consistent site structure
Easier content sharing
Search engines may take time to recognize and re-index updated URLs after changes are introduced.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my existing links break?
No. Existing URLs will continue to resolve through redirects where applicable.
Do I need to configure page aliases?
No. Page aliases are generated automatically.
Do I need to configure HCMS aliases?
Yes. A URL pattern must be configured for each HCMS content type.
Can I customize URLs?
Page aliases can be customized. Individual HCMS content URLs are generated from the configured content type pattern and are not manually editable.