Redirect URL Overview
The Redirect URL option allows you to change the file
that appears when a user enters a specific file’s web address.
Example:
There are a number of old URLs for your site’s home page that
are no longer current, yet people still use them. You don’t
really want people going to those old URLs because either an
outdated page will display or they’ll get an error.
Set up redirection for these old URLs, so that when users
enter them into their web browsers, the file at your current URL
displays instead.
Note: In order to use the Redirect URL option, the
Microsoft FrontPage Extensions option must be disabled. If
it is enabled you must use your version of Microsoft FrontPage
to protect the directories. If the Microsoft FrontPage
Extensions option is enabled, you will not have access to the
Redirect URL option. |
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How to Add URL Redirection:
- From the Control Panel, select the Redirect URL
option. The Directory Redirection Manager displays.
- In the Directory field, select the Directory in
which the file to which you would like to apply redirection
resides.
- Select the Load button. The Directory Redirection
Manager reappears. Scroll down to the List of
Redirections section of the screen.
Note: Instructions for setting up
redirection for files are included in the Redirection
Manager once it reappears.
- In the From field, type the name of the file you
would like to redirect.
- In the To field, type the filename (and path if
in a different directory than the directory you initially
selected at the start of this procedure) of the destination
file of the redirected file.
- Verify the correct filenames are listed in the
appropriate fields and select the Redirect button.
- The Redirection Manager screen reappears, listing the
redirection you just added in the List of Redirections
section of the screen.
Add redirection to other files by repeating this process.
Removing URL Redirection:
To remove redirection from a specific URL, open the
Redirection Manager. Select the directory where the desired file
is located. Then single-click on the Delete link located
to the right of the file in the List of Redirections
section of the screen. Redirection will be removed. |