How can I change the URL to a subpage?

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1

Right now the url to my articles are like this:
mysite.com/home/article

While I want it to be displayed like this:
mysite.com/article

I understand that the reason for this is that the projects are stored under the “home” in the content folder. But I do not understand how I can solve this like the way I have described above.

2

You can use a router, check out the routing docs:

http://getkirby.com/docs/advanced/routing

3

Thanks, but I do not understand how they work. could you please give me an example?

4

You can just use the example in the docs, omitting the blog folder in urls: http://getkirby.com/docs/advanced/routing/#omitting-the-blog-folder-in-urls

Put the following code in your config.php and replace blog with home:

c::set('routes', array(
  array(
    'pattern' => '(:any)',
    'action'  => function($uid) {

      $page = page($uid);

      if(!$page) $page = page('blog/' . $uid);
      if(!$page) $page = site()->errorPage();

      return site()->visit($page);

    }
  ),
  array(
    'pattern' => 'blog/(:any)',
    'action'  => function($uid) {
      go($uid);
    }
  )
));
5

Oh! Thanks! That work just like a dream! :blush:

6

Hey there, what if i want to hide a second or third part of an url?

Example:
mysite.com/artists/own-artists/name
to
mysite.com/artists/name

7

That works in the same way, you just have to add one level

<?php 

c::set('routes', array(
  array(
    'pattern' => 'artists/(:any)',
    'action'  => function($uid) {

      $page = page('artists/'. $uid);

      if(!$page) $page = page('artists/own-artists' . $uid);
      if(!$page) $page = site()->errorPage();

      return site()->visit($page);

    }
  ),
  array(
    'pattern' => 'artists/own-artists/(:any)',
    'action'  => function($uid) {
      go('artists/' . $uid);
    }
  )
));
8

Perfect, thank you!! I didn’t get the full logic behind it, so i couldn’t figure it out by myself. Learned something new :slight_smile:

9

There is one problem. The URL looks good now, but the wrong page gets returned. Instead of the artists page, the home page gets returned.

Well, i assume it doesn’t work because i have used the UID/URIs in the templates.

Example:
`<?php foreach(page('artists/own-artists')->children()->visible()->sortBy('surname', 'asc') as $artist): ?>
…

<?php endforeach ?>`

Maybe i better use the .htaccess to hide/redirect?

10

Make sure that all UID / URIs are correct, I corrected a typo above (missing s on artists)

11

I’ve tried the solution from the docs in order to omit the home folder in urls and could only make it work with an own expression for the dynamic placeholder.

c::set('routes', array(
 array(
   'pattern' => '([a-z0-9-]+)',
   'action'  => function($uid) {

     $page = page($uid);

     if(!$page) $page = page('home/' . $uid);
     if(!$page) $page = site()->errorPage();

     return site()->visit($page);

   }
 ),
 array(
   'pattern' => 'home/(:any)',
   'action'  => function($uid) {
     go($uid);
   }
 )
));

After some basic testing, it seems that patterns with dynamic placeholders at URL root level did not work in my case. (Local MAMP Env.)

'pattern' => '(:any)'

Only with a previous parent folder, the pattern starts working:

'pattern' => 'parentfolder/(:any)'

Maybe this helps, if someone else has similar issues.