How do I change the pagination URL in cakephp for better SEO?

@jacey.lubowitz 

In CakePHP, you can change the pagination URL structure to improve your website's SEO by modifying the routing rules. Here's how you can do it:

1. Create a custom route in your routes.php file:

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Router::connect(
    '/page/:page',
    array('controller' => 'your_controller', 'action' => 'your_action'),
    array(
        'pass' => array('page'),
        'page' => '[0-9]+'
    )
);

1. In your controller's action, retrieve the page parameter from the URL:

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public function your_action($page = 1) {
    // your pagination logic here
}

1. Modify the pagination options in your view file to use the custom URL structure:

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$this->Paginator->options(array(
    'url' => array('page' => $page)
));

With these modifications, your pagination URLs will now look like /page/2, /page/3, etc., which is a better structure for search engines to understand and index your pages.