Change root page URL

[MelissaDollman]

Hello!

I started the main/root page for my digital dissertation map with the free account, so the beginning of the URL is ArcGIS. However, I hadn't started my subscription/Organization yet, wherein the URLs start with my name. Professionally, I would prefer my site begin with my name. How can I change that root URL? I use ArcGIS online. Thanks -- Melissa

[AdrianWelsh · Accepted solution]

Melissa,

Can you explain a little more of what you would like to see? So, you're saying instead of seeing a URL like this:

http://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=0aa32e989fff4b5ea5bed64205d70602 

You would rather it say www.YourAcount.maps.arcgis.com/apps/whatever ?

[MelissaDollman]

Sorry— and I did not start a new account as far as I know. Login is the same and all content is under my personal account now. None of that changed.

Melissa Dollman

Ph.D. Student in American Studies

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://melissadollman.com/

All opinions courtesy of my thumbs.

[AdrianWelsh]

Melissa,

As far as I know, the naming conventions do not really matter. What is most important is the app ID.

For example, here is a webmap from my org:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c8685cd272b64d9d8a3c82a6b0a37810 

That's the URL that comes up by default, even though it was created from my organization. I can change the "arcgis.com" part of it to my org's name and it still works exactly the same. Example:

http://meiamerica.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c8685cd272b64d9d8a3c82a6b0a37810 

You'll notice that only the first part changed but the app ID (or in this case, the web map ID) stayed the same.

I also understand that apps normally have my org's name in the front for the URL but maps just have the "arcgis.com" default name

I hope this helps. Try it out and see if adding your organization's name at the front (with .maps. in there as well) gives you the same result.

[MelissaDollman]

Hi Adrian,

Thanks -- I will try this! Can I ask if you used ArcGIS Online Assistant to change the URLs?  That's the only thing I've found so far that might let you do that for Online.

I really appreciate your assistance and I'll let you know how it went.

Melissa

[AdrianWelsh]

Melissa, I just hand typed the new URLs and did not use AGO Assistant. It seems AGO Assistant is more for changing the URLs within the web map or web app itself. Not the base URL to get to the app, etc.

[MelissaDollman]

Hello Adrian,

Yes, that's right. My personal count URLs start with my name, but the root account still starts with, as you have it above, www.arcgis.com/apps...

Thanks!

Melissa

[AdrianWelsh]

Did you switch your free account to a subscription account and have kept all the same content? I would think that going from the free account to a paid account, with the same data that your URLs would reflect the paid account name. Or did you create a brand new account for the subscription account?

[MelissaDollman]

What I noticed is that new StoryMaps made under subscription have my personal account at the beginning, but old ones still have ArcGIS and did not automatically switch over.

Thanks,

Melissa Dollman

Ph.D. Student in American Studies

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://melissadollman.com/

All opinions courtesy of my thumbs.