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Pages

Varyshop allows you to create pages for your website and customize their content and appearance to your needs.

Static pages have stable content, such as the homepage. You can manually create new ones, define their URLs, adapt their properties, etc. Dynamic pages, on the other hand, are generated dynamically. All pages generated automatically by Varyshop, for example, when you install an app or module (e.g., /shop or /blog) or publish a new product or blog post, are dynamic pages and are therefore managed differently.

Page Creation​

Website pages can be created from the frontend and the backend. To create a new website page, proceed as follows:

    • Either open the Website app, click "+ New" in the top-right corner, then select "Page";
    • Or go to Website > Site > Pages and click "New".
  2. Enter a "Page Title"; this title is used in the menu and the page's URL.
  3. Click "Create".
  4. Customize the page's content and appearance using the website builder, then click "Save".
  5. Publish the page.

Note: Disable "Add to menu" if the page should not appear in the menu.

Page Management​

Publishing/Unpublishing Pages​

Pages need to be published to make them accessible to website visitors. To publish or unpublish a page, access it and toggle the switch in the upper-right corner from "Unpublished" to "Published", or vice versa.

Unpublished/Published toggle

Note: It is also possible to:

  • publish/unpublish a page from the page properties, where you can define a publishing date and/or restrict the page's visibility if needed;
  • publish/unpublish several pages at once: go to Website > Site > Pages, select the pages, then click "Action" and select "Publish" or "Unpublish".

Homepage​

When you create a website, Varyshop creates a dedicated "Home" page by default, but you can define any website page as your homepage. To do so, go to Website > Configuration > Settings, then, in the "Website info" section, define the URL of the desired page in the field "Homepage URL" (e.g., /shop).

Alternatively, you can define any static page as your homepage by going to Website > Site > Properties. Select the "Publish" tab and enable "Use as Homepage".

Page Properties​

To modify a static page's properties, access the page you wish to modify, then go to Site > Properties.

The "Name" tab allows you to:

  • rename the page using the "Page Name" field;
  • modify the "Page URL". In this case, you can redirect the old URL to the new one if needed. To do so, enable "Redirect Old URL", then select the "Type" of redirection:
    • "301 Moved permanently": to redirect the page permanently;
    • "302 Moved temporarily": to redirect the page temporarily.

Redirect old URL

You can further adapt the page's properties in the "Publish" tab:

  • "Show in Top Menu": Disable if you don't want the page to appear in the menu
  • "Use as Homepage": Enable if you want the page to be the homepage of your website
  • "Indexed": Disable if you don't want the page to be shown in search engine results
  • "Published": Enable to publish the page
  • "Publishing Date": To publish the page at a specific moment, select the date, click the clock icon to set the time, then click the green check mark to validate your selection
  • "Visibility": Select who can access the page:
    • "All"
    • "Signed In"
    • "Restricted Group": Select the user access group(s) in the "Authorized group" field
    • "With Password": Enter the password in the "Password" field

Tip: Some of these properties can also be modified from Website > Site > Pages.

Duplicating Pages​

To duplicate a page, access the page, then go to Site > Properties and click "Duplicate Page". Enter a "Page Name", then click "OK". By default, the new page is added after the duplicated page in the menu, but you can remove it from the menu or change its position using the menu editor.

Deleting Pages​

To delete a page, proceed as follows:

  1. Access the page, then go to Site > Properties and click "Delete Page".
  2. A pop-up window appears on the screen with all links referring to the page you want to delete, organized by category. To ensure website visitors don't land on a 404 error page, you must update all the links on your website referring to the page. To do so, expand a category, then click on a link to open it in a new window. Alternatively, you can set up a redirection for the deleted page.
  3. Once you have updated the links (or set up a redirection), select the "I am sure about this" check box, then click "OK".

URL Redirect Mapping​

URL redirect mapping consists in sending visitors and search engines to a URL different from the one they initially requested. This technique is used, for example, to prevent broken links when you delete a page, modify its URL, or migrate your site from another platform to a Varyshop domain. It can also be used to improve SEO.

To access existing URL redirections and create new ones, activate the developer mode and go to Website > Configuration > Redirects.

Note:

  • A redirect record is added automatically every time you modify a page's URL and enable "Redirect Old URL".
  • You can set up redirections for static and dynamic pages.

To create a new redirection, click the "New" button, then fill in the fields:

  • "Name": Enter a name to identify the redirect

  • "Action": Select the type of redirection:

    • "404 Not found": visitors are redirected to a 404 error page when they try to access an unpublished or deleted page
    • "301 Moved Permanently": for permanent redirections of unpublished or deleted static pages. The new URL is shown in search engine results, and the redirect is cached by browsers
    • "302 Moved Temporarily": for short-term redirections, for example, if you are redesigning or updating a page. The new URL is neither cached by browsers nor shown in search engine results
    • "308 Redirect/Rewrite": for permanent redirections of existing dynamic pages. The URL is renamed; the new name is shown in search engine results and is cached by browsers. Use this redirect type to rename a dynamic page, for example, if you wish to rename /shop into /market

  • "URL from": Enter the URL to be redirected (e.g., /about-the-company) or search for the desired dynamic page and select it from the list

  • "URL to": For 301, 302, and 308 redirects, enter the URL to be redirected to. If you want to redirect to an external URL, include the protocol (e.g., https://)

  • "Website": Select a specific website

  • "Sequence": To define the order in which redirections are performed, e.g., in the case of redirect chains (i.e., a series of redirects where one URL is redirected to another one, which is itself further redirected to another URL)

Toggle the "Activate" switch to deactivate the redirection.

Important: 404, 301, and 302 redirections are meant to migrate traffic from unpublished or deleted pages to new pages, while the 308 redirect is used for permanent redirections of existing pages.

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