Choose your paths
These settings live under Settings → Connections → Website links. They need a web address on file first.
Fixed: /work
Section titled “Fixed: /work”Project pages live under /work on the site’s own address:
| Page | Address |
|---|---|
| All projects | https://yourbusiness.com/work |
| One project | https://yourbusiness.com/work/<page-name> |
| Projects grouped by service | https://yourbusiness.com/work/services/<service> |
| Projects grouped by location | https://yourbusiness.com/work/locations/<location> |
The Project pages base path is fixed at /work so links never break. The app shows it read-only; email support@simplifylocal.app if it needs to change. The web address is also read-only here; it is set in the Connect your website wizard.
The two Category index paths (/work/services and /work/locations by default) are pages SimplifyLocal generates. Most customers leave them alone.
Links back to your site
Section titled “Links back to your site”Project pages link back to the rest of the site when they mention a service or a town. Two patterns say where those pages are on your site:
| Setting | Default | Example link |
|---|---|---|
| Service pattern | /services/<slug> |
/services/seasonal-maintenance |
| Location pattern | /locations/<slug> |
/locations/marietta-ga |
Rules for a pattern:
- It starts with
/. - It contains
<slug>exactly where the service or location name goes. The app fills that part in. - A single-segment pattern such as
/<slug>is allowed.
If the site has no page for a given service or town, there is nothing to fix; the link simply points where the pattern says. Change the pattern to match the site’s real addresses rather than the other way round.
Service URL overrides
Section titled “Service URL overrides”When one service’s address doesn’t follow the pattern, add an override: the service name as it appears on your jobs, and the URL piece to use instead. For example, a service called “Seasonal Maintenance” normally links to /services/seasonal-maintenance; an override can point it at /services/seasonal-maintenance-plus.
The URL piece is lowercase letters, numbers and dashes. Matching on the service name ignores case. Up to 25 overrides.
Test my web address
Section titled “Test my web address”Test my web address runs one round of checks and reports Pass, Heads up or Needs fixing for each:
- The site itself is reachable.
/workloads. A 404 here means the forwarding rule isn’t in place; go back to Verify the connection.- The two category index pages load.
- The service and location patterns resolve on the site, using a service and town from one of your published pages. Until a page is published, these two report that there is nothing to test with yet. A 404 here is a Heads up, not a failure: it can mean the pattern is wrong, or that the site has no page for that service or town.
Press Save changes after editing. Saving also marks the “Link to your main site’s services and areas” row on the setup checklist as done.