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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-2906

Automatic redirection for renamed pages

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      Atlassian Update – 31 July 2024

      Hi everyone,

      We're happy to share that we're working on a more intuitive URL format for pages and blog posts that includes the space key, pageId and page title. Going forward, page URLs will look like this: https://confluence.example.com/spaces/SPACEKEY/pages/pageId/Page+Title.

      The pageId is used to retrieve the page or blog post, and the page title serves only to let users easily recognise pages. This means that links won't break when pages are renamed - they simply redirect to the updated URL.

      References to URLs in the previous format like bookmarks will continue to work and also redirect the user. Even better, the new URL format also adds support for page titles that contain non-latin or special characters. 

      This change will be released soon. Please look out for it in the Confluence Release Notes, and continue to watch this ticket for further updates.

      Kind regards,

      Jacqueline Bietz

      Product Manager

      Confluence Data Center

      When I rename (move) a Confluence page, could we get Confluence to respond with a 301 ("permanent redirect") HTTP response, instead of a "Page Not Found"? This seems both more consistent with the HTTP designers' intentions, and more convenient for users.

            [CONFSERVER-2906] Automatic redirection for renamed pages

            Jordan Anslow added a comment -

            A fix for this issue is available in Confluence Data Center 9.1.0.
            Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes to see what other issues are resolved.

            Jordan Anslow added a comment - A fix for this issue is available in Confluence Data Center 9.1.0. Upgrade now or check out the Release Notes to see what other issues are resolved.

            Jacqueline Bietz added a comment -
            Atlassian Update – 31 July 2024

            Hi everyone,

            We're happy to share that we're working on a more intuitive URL format for pages and blog posts that includes the space key, pageId and page title. Going forward, page URLs will look like this: https://confluence.example.com/spaces/SPACEKEY/pages/pageId/Page+Title.

            The pageId is used to retrieve the page or blog post, and the page title serves only to let users easily recognise pages. This means that links won't break when pages are renamed - they simply redirect to the updated URL.

            References to URLs in the previous format like bookmarks will continue to work and also redirect the user. Even better, the new URL format also adds support for page titles that contain non-latin or special characters. 

            This change will be released soon. Please look out for it in the Confluence Release Notes, and continue to watch this ticket for further updates.

            Kind regards,

            Jacqueline Bietz

            Product Manager

            Confluence Data Center

            Jacqueline Bietz added a comment - Atlassian Update – 31 July 2024 Hi everyone, We're happy to share that we're working on a more intuitive URL format for pages and blog posts that includes the space key, pageId and page title. Going forward, page URLs will look like this: https://confluence.example.com/spaces/SPACEKEY/pages/pageId/Page+Title . The pageId is used to retrieve the page or blog post, and the page title serves only to let users easily recognise pages. This means that links won't break when pages are renamed - they simply redirect to the updated URL. References to URLs in the previous format like bookmarks will continue to work and also redirect the user. Even better, the new URL format also adds support for page titles that contain non-latin or special characters.  This change will be released soon. Please look out for it in the  Confluence Release Notes , and continue to watch this ticket for further updates. Kind regards, Jacqueline Bietz Product Manager Confluence Data Center

            Stavros added a comment -

            If you are going to have to (sorry choose to) move to cloud then are some additional options for Confluence redirection.

            That said technically no redirects are possible on Confluence cloud, it's like a work around. We build a redirection macro for Confluence for ourselves and discovered it can do a few nice things to help our users find pages to redirect to, even attachments or spaces. We decided to put in on the Atlassian Marketplace, it's called Easy Redirection for Confluence Cloud if you need to see what's possible with redirects if move to cloud.

            Stavros added a comment - If you are going to have to (sorry choose to) move to cloud then are some additional options for Confluence redirection. That said technically no redirects are possible on Confluence cloud, it's like a work around. We build a redirection macro for Confluence for ourselves and discovered it can do a few nice things to help our users find pages to redirect to, even attachments or spaces. We decided to put in on the Atlassian Marketplace, it's called Easy Redirection for Confluence Cloud if you need to see what's possible with redirects if move to cloud.

            Lochlainn added a comment -

            + 1.  this would be a great enhancement to confluence

            Lochlainn added a comment - + 1.  this would be a great enhancement to confluence

            Yash Tambawala added a comment -

            +1

            Yash Tambawala added a comment - +1

            Peter Rush added a comment -

            + 1 - Update please!

            Peter Rush added a comment - + 1 - Update please!

            Tibi Duka-Kispal added a comment -

            +1

            Tibi Duka-Kispal added a comment - +1

            Mike Buchanan added a comment -

            It doesn't sound like this issue is going to be fixed but I liked an idea I saw which would be to rename the Page Not Found warning box to something like  "Take a look at these pages we found for you"

            The problem with the Page Not Found warning box is that people see that and immediately think they have made an error and don't bother reading farther down the page.

            Mike Buchanan added a comment - It doesn't sound like this issue is going to be fixed but I liked an idea I saw which would be to rename the Page Not Found warning box to something like  "Take a look at these pages we found for you" The problem with the Page Not Found warning box is that people see that and immediately think they have made an error and don't bother reading farther down the page.

            Prasun Ghosh added a comment -

            @jmillman Any update  ?

            It's been an year since your last comment.

            Prasun Ghosh added a comment - @jmillman Any update  ? It's been an year since your last comment.

            Steven F Behnke added a comment -

            Page ID's do not change when moving a page.

            Steven F Behnke added a comment - Page ID's do not change when moving a page.

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