Looking for advice - transitioning site to permalinks
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Last Post: March 1, 2017 (RSS)
By zip222 - February 27, 2017
I was wondering if anyone has a suggested process or tips for transitioning a live site to one that uses the Permalinks plugin? Not sure how to go about this.
Any advice is greatly appreciated :)
By ross - February 28, 2017
Hi there.
Your transition to permalinks will likely be fairly straight forward.
I recommend that you first make a full backup of your whole site (CMS Builder - with its data, and the rest of your site).
Once you get started, I also recommend working on one section at a time. And I also recommend starting with your Multi Record sections as they will be more straight forward.
Mutli record sections should only need the following:
1. Add field to section called "permalinks"
2. Use the "Update Tables" option available from the plugin menu.
Once you have that setup, we can go over any single record sections and then any other links on your site not specifically tied to CMS Builder.
How does that sound?
Let me know any questions.
Cheers,
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By zip222 - February 28, 2017
Thanks, Ross. This was helpful. I just completed a few sections successfully.
Never noticed the Update Tables feature before - super helpful!
By ross - March 1, 2017
Hi there.
Glad that worked :).
You might also want to take a look at the "Permalinks DB" link accessed just above "Update Tables" in the plugin menu.
This is where you can manually create permalinks for specific pages on your site.
You would use this option to create permalinks for single page sections in CMS Builder or for any hard coded links in your navigation that CMS Builder doesn't update itself.
Let me know if you have any questions about either options.
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