The URL Prefix is the word that sits between your domain and the funnel name in every funnel address. With the default prefix free, a funnel lives at yoursite.com/free/EmailListBuildingChecklist/.
Pick a prefix that suits your site before you share your links, then keep it. Changing it later changes every funnel address.
Where to find it:
Free List Building, then the Settings tab, General Settings, the URL Prefix row. The description under the box shows the exact address your funnels use today.
The options:
- A word such as free, gifts, guides, resources or download. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. Anything else is cleaned up when you save.
- Blank: funnels sit at the root of your site, for example yoursite.com/EmailListBuildingChecklist/. When the box is empty, a note explains that funnels can then share addresses with your WordPress pages or posts. A prefix is the better choice unless the site exists only for these funnels.
What changes with the prefix:
- Every squeeze page address, for example yoursite.com/guides/EmailListBuildingChecklist/.
- Every download page and legal page address under it.
- The prefix on its own, for example yoursite.com/free/, takes visitors to your Showcase page.
- The links on the Lists tab, the Traffic Toolkit and the Funnels tab update by themselves.
Step by step:
- Open Settings and find URL Prefix.
- Type your new prefix, for example guides.
- Click Save Settings. Saving refreshes the plugin's address rules for you.
- Open a funnel from the Lists tab to check the new address.
- Update any links you have already shared, in emails, posts and ads.
A real example:
Sam prefers the word guides because the site is called "free guides for online marketers". Before posting anywhere, Sam changes the URL Prefix from free to guides and saves. The checklist funnel is now at yoursite.com/guides/EmailListBuildingChecklist/, and yoursite.com/guides/ opens the Showcase page.
Tips:
- Choose the prefix in your first week and keep it.
- If a funnel address shows a 404 page after a change, click Flush Rewrite Rules in Settings, Advanced, or save Settings, Permalinks once (see Flush Rewrite Rules).
- For the full address layout, see Funnel URL Structure.