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Purple Redirects

Change the URL of an article

7min

Purple Hub



Summary

This article guides you step by steps through the steps to change the URL of a (published) article and automatically create a redirect to the new URL, on the article itself. The same way works for all types of posts in Purple Hub.



Preconditions

  • Have an article created and published in Purple Hub


How to

1. Go to your Purple Hub

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2. Click on 'Purple Feed'

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3. Click on Articles

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4. Click on the article in the list for which you want to create the redirect

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5. In the article, click on 'Settings'

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6. In the right-hand sidebar, next to 'URL', click on the link containing the URL of your article

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7. In the URL pop-up, click into the field 'Permalink' and change the slug to create the redirect, e.g. shorten or overwrite it

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8. Click on 'Publish'

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9. In the Publishing dialogue, click on 'Publish' again.

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You have successfully created a redirect for your article from the previous URL to the new one, that you have defined by changing the Permalink. Your redirect automatically got created as a 301 redirect. You can find it on the Redirects settings page in Purple Hub.