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Redirecting URLs |
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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There are a number of old URLs for your site’s home page that are no longer current, yet people still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 You don’t really want people going to those old URLs because either an outdated page will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.
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.
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| In the From field, type the name of the file you would like to redirect.
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| 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.
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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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