There are various ways to redirect traffic from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is oftentimes favored. In contrast to parking a domain, a URL forwarding is feasible only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means in simple terms is that you may still open any content if you have a direct link to it and you can create email addresses or subdomains and use them. This kind of feature has lots of practical uses - if you choose to switch your domain address, you may forward the traffic, but the emails with the old one shall still be active whenever you are getting in touch with clients or partners. If you have 2 similar sites and you need to rebuild one of them, you may redirect the site visitors to the other Internet site in order to prevent losing potential clients, while you will still be able to access the administration area for the first Internet site and work on it.

URL Redirector in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia CP, supplied with our Linux cloud website hosting plans, provides a URL redirection tool which will allow you to forward any domain or subdomain hosted within your account to any URL - within your account or a third-party one. Creating a new redirection is extremely easy - you have to select a domain/subdomain and then enter the URL it should be redirected to. You can also redirect a certain subfolder only. As an example, if you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you are able to forward only the latter. The tool has advanced features for more tech-savvy users too, like the feature to pick the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, etc. If you no longer need a redirection, you are able to disable it with a mouse click from the very same section of the CP.

URL Redirector in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server solutions include a very handy tool which will offer you an automated and uncomplicated way to forward any of your domain names to a different URL. While this is usually done by setting up a special file in the domain folder and by typing specific content within it, our tool will permit you to select a domain/subdomain from a drop-down list and to type the preferred remote Internet address. Our system shall do the rest and the redirection will be enabled in just seconds. If you are more tech-savvy, you could pick a range of more advanced options also, among them the redirection method (direct, match) and the redirection type (temporary, permanent). You may even redirect a specific folder instead of the root domain. You shall be able to modify these settings at any time, and to delete an active redirection from the very same section where you have created it in the first place.