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Generating URIs

You will use the Generate URIs functionality when you want to create or update your URI Management Style URLs.

To use the Generate URIs functionality, click the Settings header in the bottom left corner of the admin page, then click URI Management.

On the page that opens, click the URIs tab. Then, on the far right side, click the Generate button.

This opens the Generate URIs box.

In the box the first thing you will see are two statements.

Generating URIs will use the current URI templates to create new URIs for each of the items selected below: What this means is the box uses the template code on the Settings tab of the URI Management section to create your URLs.

Existing URIs will be handled according to the current update settings for each item: This means that the box will use the policy settings from the Settings tab to control what URLs are updated and when. Those settings include:

• Generate URIs for new pages.
• Delete URIs for deleted pages.
• Update page URIs.

However, the Generate URIs box has its own policy settings under the labels URIs to Generate and Behaviors. The box ignores the policy settings in the Settings tab of the URI Management section.

Store: The store where the URIs will be created.

URIs to Generate

• All Screens: When the Miva admin refers to a “screen” in this dialog box, it is referring to a “pseudopage.” Pseudopages are displayed in your online store, but there is no corresponding webpage for it in the admin interface. For example, the OINF page, is used to start the checkout process but it does not have its own page in the admin interface. The page has logic built in logic that directs the customer to either the OCST (Customer Information) page or the ORDL (Order Login) page if they are not logged in. If you select this option, URLs will be generated for the pseudopages in your store.
• All Pages: This generates URLs for any page in your online store that has a corresponding page in the admin interface, except for category and product pages.
• All Categories: This generates URLs for all category pages in your online store.
• All Products: This generates URLs for all product pages in your online store.

Behavior

Generate URIs Only When None Exist: This only generates a URI when one doesn’t exist already.

Add a Non-Canonical URI:

• Normal: The existing URIs are not changed and are still canonical.
• 30X Redirect: The existing URIs are not changed and are still canonical. New URIs will be created that re-direct to the canonical URIs.

Replace Exisiting Canonical URI:

• Leave Old Canonical: Creates a new URI which becomes the new canonical URI. The existing canonical URI is marked as normal (non-canonical).
• Delete Old Canonical: The existing URI is deleted. New URIs are created and are marked as canonical.
• 30X Redirect: New URIs are created and marked as canonical. The existing URI is changed to a 30X redirect to the new URI.