The Aliases Panel

In the Alias panel, you can add and remove aliases on the website. Aliases are used to create short addresses for, for example, a page, a file, a sub-branch or the entire website.

The purpose of aliases is to create short addresses or alternative addresses for, for example, a page. The URL may therefore look different with an alias, but the content of the page is the same.

The addresses in SiteVision are made up using the ID that the web page uses in the system. This is quite long and therefore the addresses are relatively hard to read, such as:

http://www.namn.se/ovrigt/login.4.7978df731233a9f169d80003273.html

SiteVision therefore has a built-in alias function that can be used to shorten the addresses to a "readable format" as follows:

http://www.namn.se/alias

where alias can be "campaign", for example. This address is then attached to the relevant page in SiteVision.

An alias to a web page provides a 302 redirect to the designated page, which is the same as a temporary redirection.

How do redirects with aliases work?

• An alias with an external target page returns status code 302 if the ‘Permanent redirect (301)’ feature is not enabled.
• An alias with an external target page returns status code 301 if the ‘Permanent redirect (301)’ feature is enabled.
• An alias with an internal target page returns status code 200 regardless of whether the ‘Permanent redirect (301)’ feature is enabled or not.

Aliases

The aliases that are on the website are listed here.

Add an alias by clicking the Add alias link.

www-alias

You can use Alias to redirect a specific address to a sub-branch or sub-page in the structure, for example, if you want a sub-branch to have its own address. A www-alias can only point to a sub-branch or page in the existing structure. Therefore, you cannot create a www-alias to an external link.

To do this, follow these steps

1. Appoint the address www.xxx.se to the server where SiteVision is installed. To redirect the DNS, you need to contact your IT department or the supplier you purchased the address from.

2. Set the address www.xxx.se as secondary domain of the website that has www.exempel.se as the domain name.

3. Under Website settings, go to the Alias tab and add an alias named www.xxx.se and point to the page or sub-branch to which the address will apply.