How can I use the Redirect URL tool in the Aplus.Net Control Panel to redirect my Web pages?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support

You can use the Redirect URL tool in the Aplus.Net Control Panel to redirect any page in your current website to any other page. Here’s how:

I. NEW URL REDIRECTION:

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
Click the Redirect URL icon.
Select the directory that contains the page that you’d like to redirect from the Select the website location to redirect drop-down menu.

From the Select the file to redirect for the location drop-down menu, specify the page that will be redirected. If you leave this blank, the entire directory you have already selected will be redirected.

Next, specify the destination of the redirect using the Enter the redirection destination URL text field. The destination page should be entered as a full URL, e.g. http://www.aplus.net/.

Select the redirection type. You have two options here:

301 Moved Permanantly (recommended) - the resource has been permanently moved to a new location. This is the most efficient and Search Engine friendly webpage redirection.
302 Moved Temporarily - the resource has been temporarily moved to a new location. This redirection type is not recommended, if you are interested in the position of your website in search engine result pages.

Click Create Redirection to implement the redirect.

II. MANAGE REDIRECTIONS:

Use this section to select a Redirection you have already created. Then, you can edit or remove it.

III. GLOBAL REDIRECTION:

In this section you can create a global redirection for your domain name which concerns the www prefix. You have three options here:

To create a global redirection from yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com. Thus, website visitors who type yourdomain.com will be redirected to http://www.yourdomain.com.
To create a global redirection from www.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com. Thus, website visitors who type www.yourdomain.com will be redirected to http://yourdomain.com.
Not to create a global redirection. Thus, website visitors will go to the exact URL they have requested.

Note: Please have in mind that Global Redirection will be active only when website visitors type yourdomain.com or www.yourdomain.com in their browsers. If a particular file or subdirectory is requested, the Global Redirection will not work.