URL Path Address Last Updated March 2026 Drupal pages all have a numerical node value and can be reached with the URL path address of http://[site-root]/node/# However, human readable URLs are preferred. Usually the human readable version uses the Title of the page. A Web URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, is an Internet address, for example, http://www.utexas.edu/. The URL usually consisting of: the access protocol – http, the domain name – www.utexas.edu, and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that website. On this page: The Automatic URL Alias Specify a Custom URL Alias Take special care if you need to change a URL path addresses after content is already “live”. The Automatic URL Alias When a page is created the site will create a human readable URL alias for you. The pattern for the alias is based on several things: type of content the original Title (If you change the Title in a subsequent edit of the page, the alias will change and a redirect will be created for the URL using the previous Title unless you un-check the box to “Generate automatic URL alias”. See how in the Specify a Custom URL Alias instructions below.) the menu label where the page is in the site navigation Typical Patterns Flex Page: navigation path/menu title News: news/page title Event: events/page title Examples A Flex Page with the Menu Link Title “Fees” that is a third level menu item under About and Parking: http://[site-root]/about/parking/fees A News item with the page Title “My News Item”: http://[site-root]/news/my-news-item Specify a Custom URL Alias Content Administrators can override the default alias. Avoid changing URL paths for content that already is published. If you have already published a page and you need to change the Title you can make sure to preserve the original URL alias by following these instructions, otherwise a redirect will be created. In the right-hand column under URL Alias, UN-check the “Generate automatic URL alias” check-box and type the value you want into the URL alias field. Contact the college Web team if you have questions. Reasons for Purposefully Creating a Custom Address You may need a short URL to use on print publications or to otherwise share. You may be rebuilding your website and want to map the current URL to the new URL so that browser bookmarks do not break when the root of the URL is mapped to the new site. You may have accidentally created a duplicate page and need to remove the version number, a dash followed by a number (-#), automatically added by Drupal. You discover a misspelling or inaccuracy in the Title that is reflected in the Automatic URL Alias.
