Aldrich: Redirects

A redirect is useful when you need to take a user to some other location on the web when they visit a particular URL.

Creating redirects

Create a new page by selecting Redirect from the Add Content menu.

→ Details: Navigating the interface

Redirect destination

The redirect destination is the location to which the user will be taken.

destination url data definition field

Enter the URL of the redirect’s destination.

Optional details

If you create any customizations that involve indexing redirects, you may want to include additional information about the redirect in these fields to display in the index listings.

The Optional details Data Definition group is collapsed by default. Expand it to reveal its contents.

optional details data definition group
  • Site name - the name of the site on which the destination exists.

  • Page title - the title of the destination page.

  • Page description - a description of the destination page.

  • Page publication date - the publication date of the destination page.

  • Thumbnail image - a thumbnail representative of the the destination page.

All the above details are intended to describe the destination, not the redirect itself.