Overview

NOTE: Use redirects with caution. Do not, under any circumstance, use redirects to point users to pages that are external to UGA and do not maintain the UGA brand standard. They can provide an unexpected response for visitors and cause accessibility issues. It is appropriate to redirect people to an intermediate page on your site which contains a link to the new resource on an external server so the user understands why they are being pointed to an external resource. 

This document is to instruct unit administrators and web committee members how to schedule contentabout how to point old URLs to new URLs. This is sometimes required if you have unpublished old content and replaced with new content, and there are still links pointing to the old content on other web sites, from google or from individual bookmarks. 

Table of Contents

Step 1:

Go go Content.

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Click 'Add Content'

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Click on 'Article'

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Step 2: Fill in the necessary fields.

Make sure to fill in your title, body, and associate it with any personnel that might be included in the article. Remember to use good images!

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Step 3: Set up scheduling

Click on scheduling options

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Set the date and the time you want this article published.

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Step 4: Click Save

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click save! Content is now scheduled to be posted during the date and time specified.

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Step 5: View your posted content

Open the Redirect Tool

Once you've logged in, click the "Configuration" menu item in the top navigation.  See screen cap below. 

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Then click "URL Redirects"

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Step 2: Create a Redirect

Click the blue "Add Redirect" button

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Then fill in the redirect form:

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Step 3: Save & Test

Click the blue "save" button. Then go into a web browser and type in the old URL you were trying to redirect, and make sure you are automatically redirected to the new URL you wanted to send people to.