January 22, 2010 - 1:06am
Maintaining URLs while converting a website
Carrie,
You can definitely do this in Drupal. Drupal allows you to set up arbitrary URLs, and the examples you listed can work just fine. I just converted an old MovableType site to Drupal, and kept all of the /folder1/000123.htm URLs, as ugly as they were.
Even better, by using the Path Redirect module, you can start to change these URLs over time, and the old URLs will redirect to the new ones. That way, you wouldn't lose things like bookmarks and Google searches, but you can start to alter the URLs as you're moving forward. This would allow you to at least start dropping the .html file extension.
I know that Joomla! and Wordpress also support URL aliases for content, but I'm not familiar with the specifics on those systems.
I think it's safe to say that you can migrate your URLs. That might actually be one of the less challenging parts of the move.
Micah
I would like to move a static website to some type of CMS.
I set up the original site myself using frontpage. Much of the site is in subdirectories like www.site.com/folder1/page1.html or even www.site.com/folder1/folder2/page1.html. The site has just become too difficult to manage which is why I am looking for a CMS.
Does anyone know if there is a CMS that can mimic folder structures like I have? I want to ensure all of urls stay the same which I imagine makes things a bit challenging.
Carrie
Carrie
The Christian Woman