Permalinks issue

Hi Begrafiks,

Yes, that’s it sorted. many thanks!

Just one issue remains. If ‘Sommieres’ [below] is a Post [& not a Page], is there anyway I can get it to have a url of

https:/lavitrineduvin.com/Languedoc/Gard/Sommieres

rather than:

Any suggestions?

Cheers!

Scott

Hi Begrafiks,

Thanks again for your intervention.

So I have followed your advice and input the desired custom url onto the menu as you can see from visiting the French homepage. This is the url I am looking to introduce:

https://lavitrineduvin.com/languedoc/aude/la-clape
which is listed second in the current Mega menu, rather than:

which is listed first in the menu, and works, but is a url that I do not want.

I have also ensured I have created Categories for both Languedoc and Aude.

However, I get ‘page introuvable’ / can’t find the page.

I must still be missing something – any idea?

Cheers!

Scott

Hello All!

Firstly, a big thank you to @begrafiks & Hella for their time and efforts. It is very much appreciated.

However, I think it’s time to involve Basilis & Co who have a complete overview of what’s possible in Enfold and/or WP.

I have intentionally established my territories as Posts and not Pages because when I started on WP about 5 years ago I was advised to do so because Posts loaded more quickly than Pages. Now this may have changed since with the growth of all the plug-ins for quick caching, but this is my main reason for using Posts.

Secondly, there is the benefit of having these pages appear in a Blog and so I have a meaty Blog right from the start.

Anyway, your comments on the above relevance to today’s websites would be useful.
In essence, my query is, can I establish a site with a menu/url structure as follows:

my site/Mega Page/Page/Post/

If not, then I must either stick with what I curently have, which is
a. my site/Mega Page/Page/
and
b. my site//Post/
convert all my Posts into Pages.

What should I do?

All the best!

Scott

Hi begrafiks,

I really appreciate the time you have spent on finding the asked for solution to this issue. I am really very grateful and, by way of thanks, please see this link to Uzes and its hinterland from a site I run. FYI, I am a frequent visitor to The First Duchy of France!

See:http://walking-holidays-france.com/6717/walking-in-uzege-and-uzes/

The reason why I am going to reflect on whether to introduce your solution [which I am sure will work] is the following: which structure best suits:
1. Important SEO objectives, and
2. The customer’s ease of navigation.

Looking at issue 2 first, the Theme gives a very clear breadcrumbs idea as to where the customer is on the site. It even says, ex:
vous etes ici: https://lavitrineduvin.com/Gard/sommieres-aoc-languedoc/.

And I have improved the url to both help SEO and the customer, which now reads:

Moving onto issue 1, I am convinced that my current url:

is better than
https://lavitrineduvin.com/languedoc/gard/sommieres-aoc-languedoc/
because the key focus of the search, in this case, Sommiers, is closer to the domaine name itself and so the page will be considered more relevant to he/she who is searching for Sommiers wines on search engines. In other words, my existing Posts url structure will enable me to show up more readily in SERPS/natural search listings.

The BIG UNKNOWN [in my mind] is which url site structure, your suggested one or my current one, gives a better overall site structure and so will enable the WHOLE site to be ranked higher by Google.

This latter question is now my BIG ISSUE before I continue adding content.

Your opinion, and that of any SEO experts out there on the Forums, would be most welcome.

Salut et bon week-end!

Scott