URL mapping

  • David Jamalpur

    (@brokermortgagesinc)


    1 year, 5 months ago

    Hello and thank you for your time.

    I’m re-creating my existing site in WP. Now in Joomla. Once it is done it will replace the joomla site.

    Staging site: [see link below]

    Domain name: brokermortgages dot com

    My objective is a smooth transition from one cms (same server, same domain name) to another while maintaining my existing ranking.
    I’m 95%+ done, trying to kind of mirror the existing site (Joomla) meta content, etc, .. in my effort to transition smoothly seo wise. Trying not to rock the boat so-to-speak.

    My issue is what to do with all the url rewrites and exactly how to map. I don’t feel comfortable redirecting 300 + urls..? to the original content (slug portion of the url)

    Some of the URLs have been modified rewrite engine – On (in Joomla) to contain one or more categories. i.e. Each page (slug) has been combined with each and every category. Category/page or category/sub category/page:

    .com/154(category Item ID)-programs-we-offer(category)/578(page item ID)-super-jumbo-dscr-to-4-000-000(page)

    Every category has been matched (combined in URL) with every page/article and some rank better than others..,

    So, 14 categories mean 14 URLs + one with only the page item id and the page/article/original content:

    .com)/578-page-abc

    For a total of 15 URLs minimum (not including the category/sub category ones), for that one page. The difference is usually the h tag to match the category name.

    I have semrush site audit reports and spreadsheets..

    PS I don’t code. But I can copy-n-paste if you tell me what line to put it on or specify location within the file to place your coding. Or perhaps a plugin suggestion might do the trick ??

    Thank you very much.

    Examples:

    .com/non-qm-lending/154(category item id)-programs-we-offer/384(page item id)-1-year-w2-or-1-year-1099

    .com/non-qm-lending/438-non-qm-lender-stated-expense-ratio
    .com/non-qm-lending/154-programs-we-offer/433-non-qm-investor-lender

    .com/non-qm-lending/154-programs-we-offer/426-bank-statement-loans-2020

    .com/mortgage-service-clarification/258-no-doc-loan-for-real-estate-investors

    .com/157-hard-money/hard-money-mortgages/90-bridge-and-hard-money-loans

    .com/mortgage-service-clarification/316-bank-statement-interest-only-jumbo-mortgage

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    There are a number of plugins you can use to help you manage redirection of old to new. I’ve not used them, so I cannot comment any further about their use.

    Ideally the new URLs should as much as possible match the old ones. In ways they must vary, they should vary in a consistent, predictable way so that all redirection can be managed by one or just a few .htaccess RedirectMatch directives. RedirectMatch uses regular expressions (regex) to match requests and redirect in a predictable manner.

    What you want to avoid is needing redirection to completely unpredictable URLs. .htaccess directives are usually preferable to redirects within WP. Unfortunately, it appears that unpredictable is where you’re at. One of the redirection plugins is probably your best option at this point.

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