Linking pages and files

Creating permanent links to documents (pages)

If you need to create a permanent link to a document, use a URL in the following format:

<domain>/getdoc/<document GUID>/<document name><extension>

• <document GUID> is the globally unique identifier of the document. You can find a document’s GUID value in Pages -> Properties -> General -> Node GUID.
• The <document name> value may contain any text — it is not used by the system, but allows you to specify the exact URL (e.g. for the purposes of search engine optimization). By default, the system uses the document’s name.

Permanent links keep working even if you move the target document to another location.

For example:

http://www.example.com/getdoc/016fad52-0d69-46d5-80dc-daec9173c0c7/Products.aspx

is the permanent equivalent of:

http://www.example.com/company/products.aspx

Linking specific language versions of documents

If you need to link to a specific language version of a document, you use a URL in the following format:

<domain>/getdoc/<document GUID>/<document name>/<culture code><extension>

For example:

http://www.example.com/getdoc/8FG7-84E394-FABD-5678/our-services/fr-fr.aspx

Displays the given document in French (if the document is translated). It is an equivalent of:

http://www.example.com/company/our-services.aspx?lang=fr-fr

Linking attachments

If you need to create a permanent link to a file uploaded as a document attachment, you use a URL in the following format:

<domain>/getattachment/<file GUID>/<filename><extension>

• The <file GUID> is not the same as the document GUID. It is the GUID of the file in the CMS_Attachment database table. To find the GUID of an attachment, click the attachment in Pages -> Properties -> Attachments and view the URL.
• The <file name> value can contain any text.

For example:

http://www.example.com/getattachment/763c8921-be94-4610-99b4-25e8d3be5b08/logo.aspx

GetFile.aspx parameters

The system uses the GetFile.aspx page to retrieve uploaded files from the database. The page is called whenever you use /getdoc, /getattachment or a direct URL based on the alias path of a CMS.File document.

GetFile URLs accept the following query string parameters: