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 Page addresses
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Updated 5 days ago · 2 min read

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Overview
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Every page has a web address, and on this site you almost never write one. The address is built from the page's title and the kind of content it is, the moment you save.

An event called *Regional grants information workshop* becomes:

> */events/regional-grants-information-workshop*

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Where the address comes from
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Each kind of content has its own pattern, so related pages sit together.

Kind of content

Address pattern

Article

/news/ then the title

Event

/events/ then the title

Landing page

The address of its parent in **Main navigation**, then the title, as in */planning/development-applications*. A landing page that is not in the menu gets just its title.

Punctuation is dropped and spaces become hyphens, so the address stays readable. Short words such as *a*, *the*, *of* and *for* are left out too.

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Writing your own address
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Open the item for editing and find the **URL alias** section. It shows the current address in its heading, so you can check it without opening it.

1. Open **URL alias**.
2. Switch off **Generate automatic URL alias**. The note under it says what that means: uncheck this to create a custom alias below.
3. Type the address you want in **URL alias**, starting with a slash.
4. Save.

![The URL alias section open on the edit form for an event, outlined in red, with Generate automatic URL alias switched off and the address in the URL alias field.](/storage/jpKBpCEFmKhMK7DtYh5mUz4n6etYICzijEJIWdV4.png)

> **💡 Tip:** Leave it switched on unless you have a reason not to. A generated address stays tidy, matches its neighbours, and updates itself if you rename the page.

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What happens if you rename a page
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Change a title while the tick is in place and the address changes with it. That is usually what you want, but it does mean the old address no longer matches.

The site handles that for you. Every time an address changes it keeps a redirect from the old one, so links people have saved or published elsewhere keep working. See [**Redirects and broken links**](/articles/redirects-and-broken-links).

> **⚠️ Important:** Switch it off and the address stops following the title. Rename the page later and the address stays as it was, which is how a page ends up at an address that no longer describes it.

  Related articles 
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- [ How people navigate your site → ](/articles/how-people-navigate-your-site)
- [ Adding and organising menu items → ](/articles/adding-and-organising-menu-items)
- [ Redirects and broken links → ](/articles/redirects-and-broken-links)

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