About
page rules are rules that permits to apply a permanent redirection for a page or a group of page.
Example
Redirect all pages from the namespace database to db
With the below rule:
- Pattern: database:*
- Target: db:$1
If a page called database:table does not exist, the router will calculate the target page db:table and if the page exists, it will rewrite it.
Redirect a page to an external web site
With the below rule:
- Pattern: dokuwiki:404managerplugin
If a page called dokuwiki:404managerplugin does not exist, the router will send a permanent redirect to the page https://combostrap.com/url/manager
Steps
Go to the new rule page
- Go to the admin window (ie https://yourdomain.com/dokuwiki/?do=admin)
- Click the ComboStrap - Page Rules link
- Click the button Add a new rule
Create a rule
- The matcher is a pattern that should match the missing Dokuwiki Id. You can use one or more * that match any number of characters (including none).
- The target is the new page. The $1, $2, ... characters correspond to the value of the star character * in order and you can use them to define the target page
- The priority defines in which order, the page rules are applied.