Create a direct link to a Magento product via Product ID

Question

I would like to place a direct link to a magento product without using to pretty urls. Instead of something like this "http://store.d3scene.com/rift-60-days-pre-paid-time-card.html" I would like it to be "http://store.d3scene.com/product/list/id/187/" - or something similar.

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Yes it is. Keeping in mind that most Magento systems are heavily customized and this might not work for your particular installation, use URLs in the form of

http://commercebugdemo.pulsestorm.net/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/27
http://commercebugdemo.pulsestorm.net/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/[ID HERE]

If you're ever wondering about details for a stock Magento page, you can use the free Commerce Bug demo page to find your page, and the use the Controller/Request tab to inspect the path information. (Disclaimer: I own the company that sells the Commerce Bug extension)

You could also turn off URL rewrites in Magento and Magento will generate "not pretty" URLs.