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Custom Permalinks Let You Create New Posts, And Publish Different URLs

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We've been asking for the ability to have post URLs that differ from the post titles, for some time. Up to now, we had a workaround, to do this.
  • Publish a post, with a title worded to give the desired URL.
  • Edit the previously published post, and change the title.
That was a clumsy procedure - and it had side effects.

Now, you simply use the New GUI Post Editor, and publish a new post. In the "Post Settings" menu for a new post, under "Permalink", select "Custom URL", and enter the customizable portion of the URL. Note the restrictions, for Custom Permalinks.
  • You can only customise the post title portion of the URL.
  • You can only customise the permalink, for a new post.

This post was published as
blogging.nitecruzr.net/2012/07/custom-permalinks-let-you-create-new.html
If I had used the "Permalink" option before publishing, I could have entered
new-blogger-gui-gives-us-custom
and published
blogging.nitecruzr.net/2012/07/new-blogger-gui-gives-us-custom.html

In Blogger Buzz: Customize your posts with permalinks, we are specifically instructed
The bolded area is the portion of the URL that is customizable.
In this example, "new-blogger-gui-gives-us-custom" is the customizable portion of the post URL.

If I want to change the URL of an existing post, I would use the "Custom Redirects" option, in "Search preferences", under "Settings".

Plan ahead and use Custom Permalinks - or don't plan ahead, and use Custom Redirects. It's your choice.

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Admin said…
This is definitely a welcome feature.
17/8/12 05:46
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