URL Changes: Automatic vs. Manual Redirects
Consider the differences between automatic and manual redirects.
| Type | Feature | Automatic Redirect | Redirect Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Changing URL Rules Syntax | Yes | 301 | URL Archive - redirects exist in case mappings were live on Production. URL Archive not available on Sandboxes. |
| Manual Override | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Category ID Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect within SEO > URL Redirects. | |
| Category Name Change | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Append Trailing Slash to Category URLs (Catalog URLs) | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Custom Replacement Rules | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| White-Space Replacement | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Product | Changing URL Rules Syntax | Yes | 301 | |
| Manual Override | Yes | 301 | ||
| Use '-' as Product ID Separator Instead of '/' (unticked box to ticked) | Yes | 301 | ||
| Use '-' as Product ID Separator Instead of '/' (ticked box to unticked) | Yes | 301 | ||
| Custom Replacement Rules | Yes | 301 | ||
| White-Space Replacement | Yes | 301 | ||
| Product ID Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect within SEO > URL Redirects. | |
| Product Name Change | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Content | Changing URL Rules Syntax | Yes | 301 | |
| Manual Override | Yes | 301 | ||
| Use '-' as Content ID Separator Instead of '/' (unticked box to ticked) | Yes | 301 | ||
| Use '-' as Content ID Separator Instead of '/' (unticked box to ticked) | Yes | 301 | ||
| Custom Replacement Rules | Yes | 301 | ||
| White-Space Replacement | Yes | 301 | ||
| Content ID Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect within SEO > URL Redirects. | |
| Content Name Change | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Folder | Changing URL Rules Syntax | Yes | 301 | URL Archive |
| Manual Override | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Append Trailing Slash to Folder URLs (Folder URLs) | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Custom Replacement Rules | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| White-Space Replacement | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Folder ID Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect within SEO > URL Redirects. | |
| Folder Name Change | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Pipeline | Append Trailing Slash to Pipeline URLs (Pipeline Aliases) | Yes | 301 | If “Perform Automatic Redirect” box is checked. |
| Changing Pipeline Alias | Yes | 301 | URL Archive | |
| Search Refinement URL | Refinement Attribute Order Change (Merchant Tools > Site URLs > URL Rules > Catalog/Folder URLs > Enabled Category/Folder Search Refinements) | Yes | 301 | Without URL Archive. Works on Sandbox. |
| Refinement Attribute Value Order Change | Yes | 301 | Without URL Archive. Works on Sandbox. | |
| Refinement Attribute Naming Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect. | |
| Refinement Value Change | No | 301 (Manual) | Merchant can create manual redirects at Merchant Tools > Site URLs > URL Rules > URL Search Refinements with snapshot (compares diff) feature in bulk. | |
| Include or Exclude Constant in Search Refinement URL | Yes | 301 | ||
| Include or Exclude Search Pipeline in URL Path | Yes | 301 | ||
| Search Refinement Delimiter Change | No | - | User must set up manual redirect. | |
| Hostname Aliases | Duplicate Home URLs (resource, site-path, pipeline) | No | 301 (Manual) | User can create mapping via JSON script in Merchant Tools > Site URLs > Aliases |
| Hostname Redirect | No | 301 (Manual) | User can create mapping via JSON script in Merchant Tools > Site URLs > Aliases | |
| URL Framework | Switch from Long-URLs to Search-Friendly URL | Yes | 301 | With 17.8 Release - Example: from /on/ demandware.store/
[...]/default/Search- Show?cgid=electronics to /Electronics/
electronics,default,sc.html
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| Change of Dynamic Text or Display Name within Search-Friendly URLs | Yes | 301 | Localization example: from /Electronics/ electronics,de_DE,sc.html
to /Elektrogeraete/ electronics,de_DE,sc.html
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| Switch from Long-URLs or Search-Friendly URLs to Rule-Based Storefront URLs (Merchant Tools > Site Preferences > Storefront URLs) | Yes | 301 | Example: from /on/ demandware.store/ [...]/default/Search-
Show?cgid=electronics or /Electronics/
electronics,default,sc.html to /electronics
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| Mappings / Redirect | Create Static Mapping Rules (Merchant Tools > Site URLs > Static Mappings) | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up mappings for unknown URL requests. |
| Create Dynamic Mapping Rules (Merchant Tools > Site URLs > Dynamic Mapping) | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up mappings for unknown URL requests. | |
| Define URL Redirects (Merchant Tools > Site URLs > URL Redirects) | No | 301/302/307 (Manual) | User can set up redirect for known and unknown URL requests. Redirect type depends on user selection. | |
| Search Driven Redirects | Setup Redirects for Search Phrases (Merchant Tools > Search > Search Redirects) | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up redirects for search keywords |
| Other | Enforce HTTPS URLs in Storefront (Merchant Tools > Site Preferences > Storefront URLs) | Yes | 301 | Feature available on PRD / DEV only for instances on eCDN; With 17.8 Release. Solution for Akamai Connector with 18.1 |