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September 26, 2009
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How to change a page display without changing the url?

  • September 26, 2009
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We are helping a client increase their search engine visibility and have designed some pages to rank high organically.  The web administrator at this site indicates that every time he makes an update (using the cms) to one of these pages, the result is a page display with a new/different url.  We need to maintain the same url on these pages after updates.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

The Searchman

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    BKBK
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2009
    We are helping a client increase their search engine visibility and have designed some pages to rank high organically. ... We need to maintain the same url on these pages after updates.

    That is a worthy goal. How do the pages look like? It might be possible to use Coldfusion to defeat the random URLs, much in the same way that you remove session tokens  from the URL.

    Inspiring
    September 27, 2009

    That sounds like very poor CMS design.  It also sounds like something you're going to need to take to your CMS vendor to get sorted out.  Which CMS is it?

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    Adam

    New Participant
    September 28, 2009

    The web administrator for this site indicates that the cms is "iMIS eSeries"  Should that app enable him to make updates to display pages without necessitating new/different url's?

    Thx,

    The Searchman

    Inspiring
    September 28, 2009

    As per my previous comment, you'll need to take this up with the CMS vendor.  It's not a CF issue (ie: appropriate for these forums), it's a problem with their CMS application.

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    Adam

    BKBK
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 27, 2009

    Some CMSs attach a unique ID to the pages they generate. I think this can only be solved at the level of your CMS software.