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| - | ====== Redirects ====== | + | #redirect https://support.realgeeks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043155174 |
| + | ====== Redirecting pages ====== | ||
| + | <html><iframe width="960" height="540" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLsRpp1P4BQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html> | ||
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| + | ===== Usage Example ===== | ||
| Redirects are used to automatically send a user's browser from one URL to another. For example, if you had a page at yoursite.com/example-old-url.htm, then decide to changed it to yoursite.com/new-url/, but still want your users to be able to find the page at its old URL, you would create a redirect like this: | Redirects are used to automatically send a user's browser from one URL to another. For example, if you had a page at yoursite.com/example-old-url.htm, then decide to changed it to yoursite.com/new-url/, but still want your users to be able to find the page at its old URL, you would create a redirect like this: | ||
| - | {{:edit_redirect.jpg|}} | + | {{::redirects1.png?700|}} |
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| + | ===== Finding Redirects ===== | ||
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| + | {{::redirects2.png?500|}} | ||
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| + | The click on one of the redirects in the list to inspect, edit, or delete it. | ||
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| + | ===== Creating Redirects ===== | ||
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| + | {{::redirects3.png?500|}} | ||
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| + | Then fill in the fields and click the //Save// button at the bottom when you're finished. | ||
| + | ===== Other notes on redirects ===== | ||
| If you leave the //Redirect to// field blank, any requests to the path specified in //Redirect from// get a HTTP 410 Gone response, which means "The requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known." | If you leave the //Redirect to// field blank, any requests to the path specified in //Redirect from// get a HTTP 410 Gone response, which means "The requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known." | ||
| - | One common pitfall with redirects is the creation of circular chains of redirects. For example yoursite.com/a redirects to yoursite.com/b which redirect to yoursite.com/c which redirects back to yoursite.com/a. These sorts of infinite redirect loops should be avoided. | + | One common pitfall with redirects is the accidental creation of circular chains of redirects. For example yoursite.com/a redirects to yoursite.com/b which redirect to yoursite.com/c which redirects back to yoursite.com/a. These sorts of infinite redirect loops should be avoided for obvious reasons. |
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