How to set up a Redirect

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  1. Log into your cPanel.

  2. Under ‘Domains’, click the ‘Redirects’ icon.

    Dashboard displaying various website management options, highlighting the Redirects feature.

  3. It will then take you to the following screen.

    Instructions for adding a permanent redirect in a web management interface.

  4. From here you can set the following:

    1. Type
      Permanent 301: is a redirect that will update the visitor's bookmarks and direct search engines to the new site.
      Temporary 302: is a redirect that will redirect the visitor or search engine but will not update the bookmark, and search engines will continue to index to the original page.

    2. Domain - This is where you select from the dropdown the specific domain that you will redirect FROM. (note, leaving the default will redirect all domains)

    3. / - This lets you select any subfolder.

    4. Redirects to - This is the target domain you are redirecting to.
      Note: You must enter the protocol (e.g. http://, https:// or ftp://) as well in order for the domain URL to be accepted.

    5. www. redirection -
      Only redirect with www: only redirects visitors that type www. as part of the URL.
      Redirect with or without www: redirects all visitors regardless of if they use www. or not.
      Do Not Redirect www: will not redirect visitors that use www. as part of the URL.

    6. Wild Card Redirect
      With Wild Card Redirect:www.example.com/about.html will redirect to www.example-destination.com/about.html
      Without Wild Card Redirect: www.example.com/about.html will redirect to www.example-destination.comClick "Add" to create the redirect as specified.

  5. Once filled out, click “Add” at the bottom.
    Options for www redirection with an 'Add' button highlighted for user action.

Congratulations! Now when visitors type the exact URL that you specified, they will be redirected to the target site you assigned.