Confused by KB: manually create links to the sections

[JMK2]

The KB says you use this format to make a link:
http://your.URL/cgi-bin/ss00000x.pl?SECTIONID=Section%5fPage%2ehtml&NOLOGIN=1

I was using the following format until I read the above:
a href="acatalog/Mpp_Online_Catalog_Alkaline_539.html"

Now the problem with the latter is when I update the database and refresh the site that catalog page gets renamed to something else and I have to redo the link.

However the method recommended by the KB also seems to suffer from the same weakness does it not?

So my question:
-Why would the first method be preferable over the second as it is more time consuming to implement?
-Is there any way to not have the page names change when a new import and site refresh takes place?

[NormanRouxel]

You can define the name used for your pages when importing. This way the names are fixed by you.

If using Flat FIle it's "Section Page Name". If using Hierarchical Import it's in "Section" under "Page Name". All this is well covered in Actinics built-in Help.

Norman

[JMK2]

I assume the number is assigned by the position in the file the section is in, by the looks of it. For example, in search.html I noticed it uses the page number to search a section.

That makes sense and is encouraging news, thanks Norman.