In web development, routing is the process that determines what content a visitor to your Site should see when they enter a URL in their Internet browser or change pages by clicking an internal link on your Site.
By default, when visitors enter a URL or click on a link, they will see the content for the file with a file name that matches the URL. In most cases, default routing will deliver the correct content to your user. However, you should employ custom routing in the following situations:
- You have updated the name of a page.
- You have updated your site architecture, specifically the subdirectories in your URL.
- You have deleted a page from your website.
- You want visitors to see a helpful, branded 404 page when they enter an incorrect URL.
On CloudCannon, you can:
- Use custom routing to redirect old page URLs or configure extra headers on a route.
- Send visitors to a 404 page when they enter an incorrect URL.
- Remove the URL extension to create a cleaner-looking URL.
- Use geolocation to detect which country your visitors are from.
For help setting up routing on your Site, please contact our friendly support team.