Friendly URLs

Jadu provides an interface for creating your own Friendly URLs via the Utilities module. An example of a Friendly URL could be: http://www.mysite.net/formname

Friendly URLs make it easier to publicize your forms, and in some cases assist in the smooth transition from an old version of a form to a new version.

  1. Create the first version of your form and make it live.
  2. Create a friendly URL to the current version of your form.
  3. Any manual links/signposts sending end users to the form should be set up to use this friendly URL.
  4. Some time passes.
  5. When changes to a form become a requirement, then create a copy of the old form (Form > Export > Save As).
  6. Amend the copied form and and carry out relevant configurations/testing and make live.
  7. Adjust friendly URL to point to new form URL and not old form URL.
  8. Users that had already begun a form can now continue and submit their old form version without any loss, whilst new people coming to fill out the form will be directed to use the new form.
  9. Allow sufficient time for people on the old form to complete, and then make not live or archive the old form version.

To create a friendly URL, select the Friendly URLs option from the Utilities menu and go to the Friendly URLs index.

The Friendly URLs index

  • Friendly name: This is the friendly name that can be added to the end of your site address to access the web page in question (e.g. www.jadu.net/mobile).
  • Actual address: This is the actual address of the page that the Friendly URL points to.
  • View Live: Click on this link to be taken to the page in question.
  • To delete a Friendly URL you must tick the checkbox at the end of the appropriate row and then click the Delete button.

There is also the facility to search for a particular Friendly URL that you wish to edit by clicking on the Find a friendly URL link towards the top left of the screen.

Creating a Friendly URL

  • To create a new Friendly URL, click on the Add Friendly URL button.
  • Friendly name: Type the name you wish to use for your Friendly URL in the space provided. For example, to set up the Friendly URL http://www.yoursite.com/contact simply type ‘contact.’
  • Actual address: Type or paste the actual URL you wish to link to in this space.
  • When the previous steps are completed, you can save your Friendly URL by clicking on the Save Friendly URL button.

Note: Illegal characters should NOT be used within a friendly name. For example @, £, #, >, *. Also, spaces between words should NOT be used. If either are used, this will result in error messages on your website. Only letters and numbers can be used.

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