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Adding a new URL Redirect

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Adding a new URL Redirect

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Adding a new URL Redirect

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Examples

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Pattern Matching

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Pattern Matching

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Regular Expressions in URL Patterns

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Regular Expressions in URL Patterns

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Basic Concepts

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 == Adding a new URL Redirect ==
-A URL redirect can be created in the Marketing -> URL Redirects section of your Store's Toolbox.
+A URL redirect can be created in the '''''Marketing -> URL Redirects''''' section of your Store's Toolbox.
 # Click on the '''add a redirect''' button

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 == Adding a new URL Redirect ==
-A URL redirect can be created by clicking on the '''add a redirect''' button and entering a '''Old Path''' and a '''Target Path''', then clicking '''Save Redirect'''.
+A URL redirect can be created in the Marketing -> URL Redirects section of your Store's Toolbox.
 The '''Old Path''' must be a '''Relative URL''' representing the incoming URL address that must be matched.

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 The '''Old Path''' must be a '''Relative URL''' representing the incoming URL address that must be matched.
-The '''Target Path''' is the new URL for the matched address and it can be either a '''Relative URL''' to point to a page on the current store, or it can be a full '''Absolute URL''' includingthe domain name to redirect the URL to a different domain name and web site.
+The '''Target Path''' is the new URL for the matched address and it can be either a '''Relative URL''' to point to a page on the current store, or it can be a full '''Absolute URL''' including the domain name to redirect the URL to a different domain name and web site.
 Here are some examples of valid URL redirects.

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	Here are some examples on how to construct URL Redirect patterns.		Here are some examples on how to construct URL Redirect patterns.
		+	<pre>
		+	Old Path Target Path
		+	'/products/toys/educational.html' '/collections/educational-toys'
		+	'/products/toys.html' '/collections/toys'
		+	'/catalogsearch' '/search'
		+	'/products/clothes/(girl\|boy).html' '/collections/kids-clothes'
		+	'/index.php' '/'
		+	'/catalog.php?id=(.+)&type=shirt' '/product/shirt'
		+	</pre>

	== Further Reading ==		== Further Reading ==

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 At its simplest, the '''Old Path''' string is used as a pattern match and if the incoming URL equals the string, then a match has been found.
-The pattern is always matched against the start of the incoming URL, so the pattern can not be used to match against trailing strings. Also, the pattern will match against the start of a string and will automatically match all trailing characters.http://www.spiffystores.com/kb/index.php?title=URL_Redirects&action=edit&section=3
+The pattern is always matched against the start of the incoming URL, so the pattern can not be used to match against trailing strings. Also, the pattern will match against the start of a string and will automatically match all trailing characters.
 For example,

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	The '''Old Path''' value is used as a pattern to match URL requests, and it may be extended using ''Regular Expressions'' to provide very powerful wildcard capabilities.		The '''Old Path''' value is used as a pattern to match URL requests, and it may be extended using ''Regular Expressions'' to provide very powerful wildcard capabilities.
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		+	Without the use of patterns, it would be necessary to create a redirect for every possible URL that can be generated, and this can sometimes mean that you would have to create many thousands of redirect records. Quite often, these thousands of redirects can be replaced by a handful of patterns, saving countless hours of work to generate and import all the redirects.

	At its simplest, the '''Old Path''' string is used as a pattern match and if the incoming URL equals the string, then a match has been found.		At its simplest, the '''Old Path''' string is used as a pattern match and if the incoming URL equals the string, then a match has been found.

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	If you need to include one of the special characters in the list, the you can escape it by prefixing the character with a '\'.		If you need to include one of the special characters in the list, the you can escape it by prefixing the character with a '\'.
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		+	=== Examples ===
		+
		+	Here are some examples on how to construct URL Redirect patterns.

	== Further Reading ==		== Further Reading ==

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	If you need further information on how to build more complex patterns, then please refer to the following documentation:		If you need further information on how to build more complex patterns, then please refer to the following documentation:

−	* [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP]	+	* [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP PostgreSQL Regular Expressions]

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 'I have a pet (dog|cat) at home' matches 'I have a pet cat at home'
 </pre>
 ==== Repetition ====