URL names and redirects

The URL name is the last part of a page's web address, for example /about-us in www.example.com/about-us. A good URL name is short, contains only lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, and matches the title.

Changing a page's URL name

1. Open the page and click Edit.
2. Change the URL name field, or empty it and click Make URL name for a new name based on the title.
3. Click Save.

Xanti then automatically creates a redirect from the old to the new URL name. You see the message Redirect from ... to ... added. This way, links on other websites, in e-mails and in Google keep working. If it was a mistake, click Undo redirect in the message.

If you move a page to another folder, the URL name stays the same. So links to the page keep working.

A new page in place of an old page

Have you made a new version of a page that should get the address of the old one? Then swap the URL names:

1. Open the list of pages in the folder.
2. In the table header, click the icon with the two arrows (Flip URL names).
3. Choose the two pages and click Flip URL names.

Creating a redirect yourself

Has a page been deleted and do you want to send visitors from the old address to another page?

1. On the left, click the folder with URL names (often URL names).
2. Click Add URL name.
3. At URL name, type the old address, for example /old-page.
4. At URL, click Choose URL and choose the new page.
5. At Type, choose Redirect and click Save.

A link doesn't work

• Open the link in a new tab. If you see "not found", check that the page still exists and that the URL name is correct.
• Is the page in a folder with the Webmaster permission? Then only you can see it, visitors can't.
• On the dashboard, under Checks, you find Link Check: a list of links in your texts that don't work. Click a link to open the page that contains it.

See also

• Adding or editing a page
• Creating a link
• Folders, order and visibility

Checked: November 2026