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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number of old URLs for your site’s home page that are no longer current,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URLs because either an outdated page will display or they’ll get an error.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:
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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.
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