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PALNI LibGuides Standards

Friendly URLs

Friendly URLs make it easy to quickly see and understand the purpose of the page. For example, 

 

/g=46515&p=365289

is not intuitive but

/libguidesintro/thebasics

carries meaning.

  • Friendly URLs should be added to all pages.
  • Should always be lowercase.
  • Use letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.
  • Limit to one or two words.

The friendly URLs can be set in the following ways:

  • Guide: click the pencil next to the URL label
  • Page: click the pencil icon in the bordered box next to the Page URL label. This must be set for every page individually.

Screenshot of LibGuides screen illustrating locations to set friendly URLs

Attribution

Adapted from Boston College