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1 Creating_Search_Engine_Optimized_Drupal_URLS
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3 :author: Aaron Ball
4 :email: nullspoon@iohq.net
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9 A big piece to search engine optimization is how your URLs are structured. A
10 ways back, I was talking to a buddy of mine who does SEO for a living and he
11 suggested that I use WordPress' URL rewrites to make my URLs friendlier. I went
12 ahead and set my blog up for a 'yyyy/mm/dd/title' format and it did wonders for
13 my search rankings. Recently however, I moved to Drupal which sadly does not
14 automagically create the friendly aliases to your posts. There is good news
15 though. In typical Drupal fashion, there's a module for that (kind of like
16 "there's an app for that") and it is very customizable.
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18 To set yourself up with article urls (or blog urls) that autoalias with a
19 format that you want, you need to grab two modules. First you need the
20 *Pathauto* module, and that depends on the *Token* module. Before we continue,
21 I'm writing this to fit a Drupal 7 scenario, so likely some of the stuff will
22 be in a slightly different place if you're running 6 or 5.
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24 Now, once you have those enabled, head on over to the Configuration->URL
25 aliases section of your Drupal site. Once there, select the pattern tab.
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27 Where we put our aliasing string here depends on whether your writing your
28 content as a blog or an article content type.
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30 If you blog in article content types, put the following string in the
31 *Pattern for All Article Paths* field:
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34 [current-date:custom:Y]/[current-date:custom:m]/[current-date:custom:d]/[node:title]
35 ----
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37 If you blog in blog format, put the following string in the *Pattern for all
38 Blog entry paths* field:
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40 ----
41 [current-date:custom:Y]/[current-date:custom:m]/[current-date:custom:d]/[node:title]
42 ----
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46 Keep in mind that I formatted those strings for blog entries. If you're doing
47 basic pages or something like those, you likely won't want the format I used in
48 this article. Just expand the *Replacement Patterns* section in your patterns
49 tab to see what other options you have for formatting those URLs.
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