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August 25, 2017 at 9:03 am #392828

Vlad Chirila
Expired Member

Post count: 258

Hi there,

new situation:

I am starting a project of restructuring my entire website and in this project I will have to modify/add/delete some of the following:

– pages
– place categories
– place sub-categories

Given this, do you have any suggestions in order for me not to lose or impact my listings?

thank you,
Vlad

August 25, 2017 at 9:36 am #392830

Kor
Moderator

Post count: 16516

Hi Vlad,

Adding Categories will be fine but modifying/deleting a category would probably affect the listing permalinks. This would probably cause broken links and you’re required to apply redirections. I’ll transfer this to a developer for a second opinion.

Thanks!

August 25, 2017 at 10:02 am #392833

Vlad Chirila
Expired Member

Post count: 258

Ok. I’ll wait for your answer.

Have to tell you, I did a test and created a set of categories and subcategories for a test place and then I changed/modified those categories. It seemed that the url modified as well after modifying the categories.

I’ll wait for your developer’s opinion though.

Thanks,
Vlad

August 25, 2017 at 10:36 am #392838

Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

Post count: 22956

Hi Vlad,

It is always advisable to set 301 redirects, there are many plugins to do this.

If you listings also include the category slugs and they change then you might want something automated, if not let me know.

Thanks,

Stiofan
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