Site Structure & Links

Relative links should be used when pages are within your site. Absolute links should be used when linking to or from pages outside your site. If your site has multiple domains, using relative links will keep your users on the same domain.

Absolute links include the protocol (http://) and the domain (cmshelpfiles.com).

Relative links include only the path to the page (/modules/text/rich-text-editor/special-characters/).

A relative link to your home page is just a slash (/).

Javelin builds URLs by taking the page name (at creation), changing all letters to lowercase, and replacing any spaces or characters with dashes. Simply moving the page will not update the URL. Page levels are separated with slashes, as indicated below.

You can take advantage of the way Javelin creates links to give different levels of importance to your pages. For example, you can create a top-level page for your biggest selling item, but nest the page under your products page for your users. This tells machines that the page is at the same level of importance as your other top-level pages, but allows for easier human navigation.