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Adrian B.
Adrian B.
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Author: Adrian B.
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I'm using canonical tags and I have a recurring error with a sitemap generator I'm using (pro-sitemaps.com) "points to different url":

<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.abthermal.com/index.html" />

this version reports pointing to: "/" 

<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.abthermal.com/" />

this version reports pointing to: "index.html"

Not an X5 problem, but wondering if I should just ignore it or any suggestions?

Thank you, Adrian

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Aleksej H.
Aleksej H.
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Hello.You have a double: "https://www.abthermal.com/index.html" and "https://www.abthermal.com/". There should be only one main page. Set up redirection.

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Adrian B.
Adrian B.
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So on the Home page of X5 project, doesn't this canonical code (below) in the Expert area of Page Properties force the main page to be https://www.abthermal.com/index.html?

<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.abthermal.com/index.html" />

Is there some other redirect to use?  And if so what is it and where do I enter it?

Thank you Aleksej,

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Aleksej H.
Aleksej H.
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"Properties force the main page to be https://www.abthermal.com/index.html?" - you still have two addresses: https://www.abthermal.com/index.html , https://www.abthermal.com/ For each of them you have a canonical, indicating itself.

"Is there some other redirect to use? And if so what is it and where do I enter it?"

Configure 301 redirect on the server. You need to create a ".htaccess" file in the root folder of your site (without a name, only an extension). And put these line there:

Redirect 301 /index.html https://www.abthermal.com/

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