This article contains instructions for UMN Drupal site editors and site owners to perform URL redirects on their UMN Drupal site.
NOTE: The URL Redirect module is not designed for file path redirects I.e site.umn.edu/sites/sitename.umn.edu/files/[year-month]/[filename.fileextension]. If you are in need of a redirect for a file on your Drupal site, please email [email protected].
Table of Contents
Creating a New Redirect
- Sign in to your UMN Drupal site.
- Lite sites: [your-site].umn.edu/login
- Enterprise sites: [your-site].umn.edu/saml/login
- Select Configuration from the Admin Toolbar
- In the SEARCH AND METADATA section, select URL redirects
- Click + Add redirect near the top of the page, under the breadcrumbs. The Add URL redirect page will open.
- Fill out the Path.
- This will be everything after https://[your-site].umn.edu/
- Change the URL or internal path in the To textbox to where the redirect should go to.
- This is the destination that users will arrive at when they go to the Path you set in step 6.
- Set the Redirect Status.
- Typically this will be 301 Moved Permanently.
- Click Save.
Editing an Existing Redirect
- Sign in to your UMN Drupal site.
- Lite sites: [your-site].umn.edu/login
- Enterprise sites: [your-site].umn.edu/saml/login
- Select Configuration from the Admin Toolbar
- In the SEARCH AND METADATA section, select URL redirects
- Search for an existing redirect:
- Type the end of the URL, everything after [your-site].umn.edu/ in the From textbox.
- Note: The leading forward slash ( / ) must be excluded when searching or no results will display.
- Click Filter to search.
- Click Edit next to the redirect that needs to be modified.
- Change the URL or internal path in the To textbox to where the redirect should go to.
- Set the Redirect Status.
- Typically this will be 301 Moved Permanently.
- Click Save.