Avoid broken redirects

Rename pages

Unless you manually disconnect a page title from the URL, renaming a page changes the URL and creates a redirect to the new URL. The redirect happens automatically and can impact content that links to the page and the page's children.

Example: Rename page A1 (with child a1) to A2

• The child page is redirected along with its parent. 
• Any user visiting the original parent page URL https://domain/location/A1 is automatically redirected to https://domain/location/A2. 
• Users visiting either https://domain/location/A1 or https://domain/location/A2 will see the original parent page.
• Any user visiting the original child page URL https://domain/location/A1/a1 is automatically redirected to https://domain/location/A2/a1.
• Users visiting either https://domain/location/A1/a1 or https://domain/location/A2/a1 will see the original child page.

Name a page with the original title of a renamed page

If you give a page the same title as a redirected page, you are essentially replacing the redirected page, and any redirect on that page is voided.
 

Example: Rename page A1 to a1 and Create a new page with the title A1

• The newly created page at https://domain/location/A1 overwrites the original page along with its redirect.
• The redirect from the original parent page https://domain/location/A1 to https://domain/location/A2 is voided.
• Any user visiting https://domain/location/A1 sees the newly created page.
• Any user visiting https://domain/location/A2 sees the original parent page.
• The original child page at URL https://domain/location/A1/a1 no longer exists, and users will encounter a 404 (page not found).
• Any user visiting https://domain/location/A2/a1. sees the original child page.

Promote and rename a child to its former parent

You may move a page that has child pages and then later move the child page up in the hierarchy, renaming it to its former parent page.\\

Example: Move page A1 with child a1 to another location on your site

• The result is a broken redirect.
• The parent page A1 and its child page a1 are moved (and thus redirected) to its new location.
• The original parent page  https://domain/location1/A1 is redirected to https://domain/location2/A1. 
• Users visiting either https://domain/location1/A1 or https://domain/location1/A2 will see the original parent page.
• The original child page https://domain/location1/A1/a1 is redirected to https://domain/location2/A1/a1.
• Users visiting either https://domain/location1/A1/a1 or https://domain/location2/A1/a1 will see the original child page.
   

Example: Move (promote) child a1 from location2 to its parent's original location1 and simultaneously rename it to the parent's original name A1

• The result is a broken redirect.
• The newly moved child page URL  https://domain/location2/A1/a1 is redirected to https://domain/location1/A1.
• The newly moved child page at https://domain/location1/A1 overwrites the original parent page along with its redirect.
• The redirect from the original parent page https://domain/location1/A1 to https://domain/location2/A1 is voided. 
• Any user visiting https://domain/location1/A1 sees the newly moved child page. 
• Any user visiting https://domain/location2/A1 sees the now no longer redirected parent page. 
• The original child page at URL https://domain/location1/A1/a1 no longer exists, and users will encounter a 404 (page not found).