Change link for Pages Extension

Matthew_Cash

Hi I would like to change the default URL for the pages extension from /p/1-slug, to /slug, how would I do that? I have looked through the files and can find nothing

datitisev

Matthew_Cash The only way to do that currently would be to

1) change core code (not recommended), or
2) use URL rewriting with NGINX / APACHE (definitely possible)

Matthew_Cash

datitisev
1) I would be willing to do this if you could point me in the right direction
2) URL rewriting works, but I would prefer something that changes the URL in the address bar

Pollux

Matthew_Cash URL rewriting works, but I would prefer something that changes the URL in the address bar

URL rewriting doesn't need to redirect you to the old URL. You can choose a new URL that stays unchanged in the address bar doing the rewrite internally.

Matthew_Cash

Pollux How would I do this, I thought I need a proxy for that?

Pollux

Matthew_Cash How would I do this, I thought I need a proxy for that?

Here you can learn a lot about URL rewrites: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

The section Content Handling shows you especially how to differ between internal rewrites and external redirects.

Matthew_Cash

Pollux Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. I use NGINX, and whenever I try rewrite, it changes the URL in the address bar.

Pollux

Matthew_Cash I use NGINX, and whenever I try rewrite, it changes the URL in the address bar.

Sorry, I have no experience with NGINX. Maybe someone else can help with that.

andreherberth

Matthew_Cash Could you post the rewrite code you have tried to use?

Matthew_Cash

Pollux Ok thanks!

clarkwinkelmann

I doubt you can get away with rewrite rules only. This will only make the backend believe the url is accessed with the previous structure. The front-end will still read the url from the browser and see something invalid.

Unless of course you just create a redirect from /slug to /p/x-slug, but I don't think it's what you want to go for ?