Overview

URL Shortcuts allow you to redirect users from one URL in your digital workplace to another URL that's also in your digital workplace. You can use these shortcuts to redirect users from old or deprecated content to more relevant content or create an alternate URL that is shorter and easier to remember.

URL Shortcuts page

You can manage your digital workplace's shortcuts from the URL Shortcuts page found in the Control Panel.  You can go directly to this page by navigating to its URL:

https://{your domain}/admin/optimization/urlshortcuts

Limitations of shortcuts

Keep these limitations in mind when you are planning your shortcuts:

• Shortcuts can only involve locations within your digital workplace; you can't use them to:
  • Redirect from an external site to a location in your digital workplace.
  • Redirect from a location in your digital workplace to an external site.
• Shortcuts should only be used to redirect users to the following types of locations in your digital workplace:
  • Pages
  • Spaces
  • Channels
  • Channel content (blogs, events, files, folders, forum topics, wiki articles)

Who can manage shortcuts

Only the following types of users can add, edit, and remove a workplace's shortcuts:

• Workplace administrators
• Enterprise administrators
• Members of groups that have the Manage URL Shortcuts role

Adding a shortcut 

1. Select Control Panel.
2. Under Optimization, select URL Shortcuts.
3. Enter a Shortcut URL. This URL is the path that you want to redirect users from.
4. Enter a Destination URL. This URL is the path that you want to redirect users to.
5. Select Add Shortcut.

Editing a shortcut

1. Select Control Panel.
2. Under Optimization, select URL Shortcuts.
3. In the list of your digital workplace's URL Shortcuts, find the one you want to edit.
4. Select Edit.
5. Enter a new Shortcut URL or Destination URL.
6. Select Save to apply your change, or select Cancel to undo your changes.

Removing a shortcut

1. Select Control Panel.
2. Under Optimization, select URL Shortcuts.
3. In the list of your digital workplace's URL Shortcuts, find the one you want to remove.
4. Select Remove.
5. In the confirmation popup, select Ok to remove the URL Shortcut, or select Cancel to keep the URL Shortcut.