Page redirects allow you to direct customers who are visiting a URL on your site to be directed to another page on your site, or another website. For example you could direct customers who visit http://ralphsdomainname.com/about-us to http://ralphsdomainname.com/contact-us.
This can be useful if you are changing the structure of your website and your page URL's are changing.
This process is also described in our comprehensive user manual.
Difficulty
- Intermediate - Care should be taken to ensure that the redirects are set up correctly
How long will it take me?
- Less than a minute.
What will I need?
- A domain name using Website Publishing Tool. How can I add Website Publishing Tool to my domain name?
- Your Website Publishing Tool Username and Password. find your username and change your password.
Video guides
This article assumes that you have already logged into your Website Publishing Tool control panel and is split into Two sections:
Adding a redirect
Step 1
Click Manage at the top of the screen, then select Redirects.
Step 2
Any redirects that you already have set up will be displayed. To add a new redirect click New.
Step 3
In the add a new redirect form, enter the following:
- From: Name of a page on your site that where you want the redirect to happen.
- To: Choose the page that you would like visitors to be directed to.
- Type: Choose the type of redirection. This will usually be set to 301 Permanent.
Once done, click Create redirect
Your redirect will be visible on the Redirects summary screen.
Removing a redirect
Step 1
Click Manage at the top of the screen, then select Redirects.
Step 2
Any redirects that you already have set up will be displayed. Click Options next to the redirect you want to remove.
Step 3
Click the Remove button.Then confirm that you want to delete this redirect.
Your redirect will be removed immediately.