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brokenLinkIn this tutorial we will show you how to redirect from non-existing page from your site to the existing one. We will use sh404SEF for this occassion.
It is good to have this rediraction so your visitors can get the same content even if they request old page url.

1. Navigate to Components → sh404SEF
sh404SEF


2.Choose "404 requests manager" from the Control Panel.
404 requests

3.Input your old page url in the search bar (without domain name: ex. without www.mydomain.com )
search

 

4.After you've get the results and found your page choose "Redirect to a SEF url" on the right.
Redirect to SEF url

5.A new window with the list of the possible redirects will pop up. Choose the one to which  you want to point.
redirect target

6. Choose "Select redirect target" in the upper right corner.
redirection

7. Test if your redirection is working by entering old page url ( ex. www.mydomain.com/this-is-a-test). If everything is ok you should be redirected to the page choosen above.
test redirection

Written By Bojana Borkovic

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