Redirection is a method of automatically redirecting visitors from one website page to another, which can be done permanently or temporarily. The procedure will be explained in this article.
Follow the steps:
- Log into your cPanel account.
- Scroll to the Domains section and click Redirects.
- Under Add Redirect, choose whether you want a Permanent (301) or Temporary (302) redirection.
Note: A permanent redirect updates visitors’ bookmarks, while a temporary one does not. In cPanel, temporary redirects must be removed manually when no longer needed. Instructions are provided below. - Next, select the domain where you want to set up the redirect. This gives you the option to run it on all versions of your domain **All Public Versions** or on individual versions such as http://website or http://www.website.
- Under this, type in the name of the web page you want to redirect from.
Note: If your page URL is http://www.mysite.com/product_page, there’s no need to type the domain name part of the URL, just the part following the slash, e.g. product_page. - In the Redirects to the field, type in the full URL (e.g. http://mysite.com/product_black_friday_sale) of the web page where you want visitors to be taken to.
Note: This doesn’t have to be on the same website. - Finally, click Add and the redirect will be created. From this point, visitors to your redirected page will be taken to the new destination.
How to remove a redirect?
A redirect can be deleted if you no longer want to use it. To do this, first, return to Domains > Redirects. Once there, find the redirect you want to delete under Current Redirects and then click Remove.
Note: As you cannot edit a redirect, you will need to delete it and create a new one if you wish to make changes.
That is it!
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