Changes to addresses – introducing shortcut addresses

After a few months slogging through setting up designs, systems and structures, we’re finally ready to start publishing pages. The downside of migrations is that lots of addresses may well stop working. The addresses we used to have depended on the old system. Unfortunately, with a change of system means a change of addresses. So we’ve decided to do two things to help.

  • We’ll assign a ‘shortcut’ address to each new page/service. These are user-friendly addresses that we can point at addresses. So, for example, www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries. We’ve learnt from past mistakes, and if we start using shortcut addresses  now, we shouldn’t run into the same problems in the future.
  • We’ll publish all of the new pages and corresponding shortcut addresses here as they happen. So, if you find that a link through to us has stopped working, just check the list below to see what the new one should be.

Migrated services

So, without further ado, here are the services and the corresponding shortcut address:

One Response to Changes to addresses – introducing shortcut addresses

  1. Maybe I have read this wrong but, being sent to a dead page (404) will severely annoy visitors and there really isn’t any reason for it. I agree that Friendly URLs are good for users as well as search engines. But, if the old URLs are not redirected (via 301 Moved Permanently) to the new Friendly URLs your link juice will reduce and therefore your search engine rankings and not least the trust from your visitors. It’s a pretty simple thing to do and by not considering suggests you have redesigned the website without taking usability into account?

    Jens Sorensen
    GOSS

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