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template: post
title:  "Change Magento's contacts page url"
url: "/blog/2014/11/03/change-magentos-contacts-page-url"
author: "Roman Piták"
last_modified_at: 2014-11-03 15:17
perex: |
    In my Magento development workflow I strive to avoid any non-code changes and settings when creating the e-shop (and yes - it is possible).
    That' why I wrote an alternative to creating an unnecessary redirect for customizing the contact page url
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    Magento does not provide a proper built in way to change the url of the default
    contacts page. Some recommend creating a redirect in "Catalog" >> "URL Rewrite
    Management", but I find it unnecessary and counterproductive. In my Magento
    development workflow I strive to avoid any non-code changes and settings when
    creating the e-shop (and yes - it is possible).

    Changing the url of Magento's contacts page can be as easy as creating 2 files.

    `/app/etc/Zzz_ContactsPageUrl.xml`

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <config>
            <modules>
                <Zzz_ContactsPageUrl>
                    <active>true</active>
                    <codePool>local</codePool>
                </Zzz_ContactsPageUrl>
            </modules>
        </config>

    and `/app/code/local/Zzz/ContactsPageUrl/etc/config.xml`

        <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <config>
            <frontend>
                <routers>
                    <contacts>
                        <args>
                            <frontName>contact-us.html</frontName>
                        </args>
                    </contacts>
                </routers>
            </frontend>
        </config>

    The vital part here is the "vendor name", `Zzz`. Since Magento loads the
    modules alphabetically, modules from the Zzz vendor will be loaded last. This
    allows them to overwrite any previously defined settings.

    Although this might be considered a dirty hack by some, I believe it to be the
    most elegant solution since it does not create extra database overhead and can
    be easily stored in the VCS.

    [All source codes from this article are available for download on Github](https://github.com/romanpitak/Magento-contacts-page-url).

Change Magento's contacts page url
Change Magento's contacts page url
