Standards and Guidelines: Friendly URLs for LibGuides

• Create meaningful friendly URLs and keep them as short as possible e.g. for Interior Design and Product Design use interiordesign
• Use no more than two words without space or use abbreviations e.g. communityengagement or whs
• Use lower case only.
• Do not add space or underscores.
• Do not change friendly URLs once you have published them.

For guides

Acceptable friendly URL exensions:

• Bachelor degree: heearlychildhood
• Diploma: hedinformationtechnology
• Graduate certificate: hegcearlychildhood
• Graduate diploma: hegdearlychildhood

e.g. heappliedcommerce for the Bachelor of Applied Commerce

Essential:

• Keep the friendly URLs as meaningful and as short as possible e.g. for the Graduate Diploma of Education Early Childhood (Birth-5) start with he for higher education, followed by the abbreviation for graduate diploma gd and then add the short title for the course (2 words only) e.g. hegdearlychildhood
• Use no more than 3 words including the degree abbreviation without space.
• Use lower case only
• Do not add space or underscores
• Do not change friendly URLs once you have published them

For HE specific pages

• Option 1: Friendly URLs for HE readings pages by year have the year and the number added e.g. heappliedcommerce/year2
• Option 2: Friendly URLs for HE readings pages by level have the level and the number added e.g. heappliedcommerce/level300
• Option 3: Friendly URLs for HE readings pages (Subjects only) e.g. heappliedcommerce/subjects

Add the subject code all small letters to friendly URLs for the subject pages of the readings pages e.g. heappliedcommerce/acact201a

• Option 4: Friendly URLs for HE readings pages (Topics only)  e.g. hesustainablepractice/topics

• Create meaningful friendly URLs and keep them as short as possible e.g. wifisupport 
• Friendly URLs for eResources guides include the short name of the eResource + the word support  e.g. studiositysupport
• Use no more than two words without space if possible, unless it is required e.g. linkedinlearningsupport
• Use lower case only.
• Do not add space or underscores.
• Do not change friendly URLs once you have published them.

Friendly URLs for pages

• Getting started page e.g. pressreadersupport/gettingstarted
• Features and searching page e.g. pressreadersupport/features
• Mobile app/s page e.g. pressreadersupport/app
• Teaching with page e.g. pressreadersupport/teaching
• Help and FAQ page e.g. pressreadersupport/help

If other pages and friendly URLs are required, check with the Standards and Guidelines group for the appropriate naming.