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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-45898

URLs should be based on pageID instead of pageTitle

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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 a page is 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

      Summary 

      URLs should be based on pageID instead of pageTitle
      By default, a confluence URL contains the space and page title.
      eg: http://confluence.mydomain.org:8090/display/KEY/Page+Title+Goes+Here
      When the page is renamed or moved to another location, the URL changes.
      This behaviour is not ideal / wanted.

      Actual Behaviour

      When a task is created, or somebody is mentioned, an e-mail notification is sent.
      When a page title or location changes afterward, the e-mail link is broken.
      The same goes of course for bookmarks.
      This is frustrating for people as in a lot of cases, pages are being renamed / moved frequently.

      Expected Behaviour

      Confluence supports URLs based on the fixed page ID, which would overcome the above issue.
      eg; http://confluence.mydomain.org:8090/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12345
      (if a page title contains non-ascii character, the URL is automatically based on pageID).
      However, I cannot find a way to setup pageID urls by default.

      For manual copy/paste sharing, we promote the "Link to this page" feature.
      Unfortunately, most mail references to confluence are generated by the system.
      What strikes me is that at the bottom of a generated mail, you have the links "view page", "comment" and "like".
      "View page" and "comment" use to the standard link. However "like" uses the pageID link.

       

              3de8ace38af0 Jacqueline Bietz
              aschmalenberger Albert Schmalenberger (Inactive)
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