Renaming one page changed the URL of a different page too

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What you are seeing

You renamed one page, and the address of a different page changed as well.

#Why it happens

When two pages in the same space have the same title, Sites adds the page ID to the end of both their addresses so they don't collide. As soon as the clash goes away, for example because you renamed one of them, the ID comes off both pages.

So renaming one page can quietly change the address of the page it used to share a title with.

#What to do

For any page whose address needs to stay put, such as one you link to from elsewhere, set its slug yourself. An explicit slug stays the same whatever happens to the titles around it.

  1. Open the Page Metadata panel for the page.

  2. Expand More details.

  3. Enter the address you want in Slug. The URL path underneath shows the result.

Sites Pages view with a page selected and the Page Metadata panel expanded to More details, showing the Slug field and URL path
The Slug field sits under More details in the Page Metadata panel. The URL path below it shows the address the page will get.

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