There are various ways to forward traffic from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is oftentimes favored. In contrast to parking a domain, a URL forwarding can be done only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means essentially is that you could still open any content if you have a direct link to it and you can set up e mail addresses or subdomains and use them. Such a feature has several practical uses - if you want to switch your domain, you may forward the visitors, but the emails with the old one will still be active if you are getting in touch with clients or partners. If you have two very similar websites and you intend to rebuild one of them, you could redirect the website visitors to the other site to prevent losing potential customers, while you will still be able to access the administrator area for the first Internet site and work on it.
URL Redirector in Website Hosting
The Hepsia CP, which comes with our website hosting plans, features a URL redirection tool that will enable you to redirect any domain or subdomain hosted inside your account to any URL - inside your account or a third-party one. Creating a new redirection is extremely uncomplicated - you have to select a domain/subdomain and then input the URL it needs to be redirected to. You can also forward a certain subfolder only. For example, if you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you are able to forward only the latter. The tool has complex options for more tech-savvy users also, such as the option to choose the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, and so on. If you no longer require a redirection, you could disable it with a mouse click from the same exact section of the CP.
URL Redirector in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you order any of our Linux semi-dedicated servers, you'll get access to a helpful tool, you can use to redirect any domain hosted in the account with just a few mouse clicks. The tool is an element of the sophisticated Hepsia CP and can be used by both experienced users and beginners. If you have no previous experience, you can forward a domain or a subdomain by selecting it and then by typing or pasting the remote URL. In case you are expert, you can also choose if the type of the redirection should be permanent or temporary and if the method should be direct or match. These options may be altered at any time along with the URL, so you shall not need to create a new redirection if you want to modify something. Of course, when you no longer need a given domain or subdomain to be redirected, you could delete the redirection without difficulty.