Redirects
A redirect sends a visitor who opens an old address to the new one. Redirects lists them all.
The ones the CMS adds for you
When you change the Web address of a published page, post, notice, event or place, the CMS adds a permanent redirect from the old address to the new one. Links people saved, and search engines, keep working.
Adding one by hand
Add a redirect by hand for an address from your previous website, or any address you are moving.
- Under From (old address), type the old address, such as
/old-page. A full address you paste is trimmed to its path. - Under To (new address or URL), type where it goes: an address on this site, such as
/new-page, or another website's address starting withhttps://. - Pick the Type:
- Permanent (301) tells search engines the move is final.
- Temporary (302) suits a forward you expect to remove.
- Press Add redirect.
Adding a From that is already listed updates its row.
A redirect can match an address with a particular query, such as /news?id=12, for links from an older system. The site ignores the tracking codes email and social campaigns add. One row covers every campaign's link.
How redirects behave
- A published page at the same address comes first. Its redirect starts working again once that page moves away.
- An address matches with or without its final slash.
- The home page,
/, stays where it is.
Removing a redirect
Press and hold the bin on its row for two seconds. The old address stops forwarding within a minute.
Who does what
Everyone signed in sees the list. Only administrators add or remove redirects.