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Automatic vs. Manual URL Redirects for B2C Commerce
Consider the differences between automatic and manual redirects. This topic applies to B2C Commerce.
| 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 . | |
| 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 . | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 () | 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 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 |
| Hostname Redirect | No | 301 (Manual) | User can create mapping via JSON script in | |
| 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 () | 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 () | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up mappings for unknown URL requests. |
| Create Dynamic Mapping Rules () | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up mappings for unknown URL requests. | |
| Define URL Redirects () | No | 301/302/307 (Manual) | User can set up redirect for known and unknown URL requests. Redirect type
depends on user selection. Locale segments are not part of the generated URL mapping and consequently not part of the archived mapping. |
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| Search Driven Redirects | Setup Redirects for Search Phrases () | No | 301 (Manual) | User can set up redirects for search keywords |
| Other | Enforce HTTPS URLs in Storefront ) | Yes | 301 | Feature available on PRD / DEV only for instances on eCDN; With 17.8 Release. Solution for Akamai Connector with 18.1 |
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