Preserve Current Paths before rolling out new Pathauto Alias

Question

I'm just about to roll out a new Pathauto Alias to include a new taxonomy term, which will modify about 1000 nodes. Is there a way to preserve the current path aliases I have now, and then bulk update all my nodes to the new pattern?

I assume I'll need to use Path Redirect in conjunction with Global Redirect somehow to keep the old paths pointing to the new paths?

Thanks!

Answer 1

To preserve AND redirect existing aliases when you implement a change like that:

• install the Path Redirect module
• open the 'Automated Alias Settings' in URL Aliases (admin/build/path/pathauto)
• open the 'General' fieldset
• change the radio button for 'Update action' to 'Create a new alias. Redirect from old alias' (see screenshot below).

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2738/redirectaliasleaveintac.png