Overview
Redirects are used on the Web module, to accept a source URL and redirect it to a new destination. Often when building a new website for updating an existing website, the structure of the new website will be different than the old website structure. Redirects are used to avoid the users receiving a 404 error, when the link is no longer working.
Redirects can also be used for redirecting a page or show of the website to a new destination.
How to
Redirect a Show to a new URL (a new slug for the show)
Navigate to the show in the Media Library and make the update.
- Expand the Media Library module.
- Click on the Name of the Channel.
- Locate the Show in the list of shows.
- Click on Action menu for the show and select Edit.
- Under the General tab, Basic information, locate the Slug.
- Click on the Modify button.
- Adjust the slug as needed.
- Click the Change button to accept the changes.
- Click on the Save button to save this update.
- (Please consider as well if you have any hard-coded references to the old URL.)
Redirect a URL to another website
Navigate to the Redirects submodule and add the redirect for the existing URL.
- Expand the Web module.
- Expand the website.
- Click on the Redirects submodule.
- Use the Search field to verify no redirect exists.
- If there is no existing entry, click on the Add button.
- Example:
Source: /shows/test-show
Target: https://adventist.news/
- Set a checkmark for the Permanent checkbox.
- If you have a dynamic URL, see the notes on match pattern.
- Note: Please consider the possible paths for the page/show you want to redirect. There may be multiple redirects to add, one per path.