{"id":33962,"date":"2021-08-04T22:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=33962"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:51:40","slug":"how-to-set-up-web-redirects-via-the-control-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-set-up-web-redirects-via-the-control-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up web redirects via the xneelo Control Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redirects are a useful tool to use when you would like to <\/span><b>divert traffic to a different URL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (web address). By making use of redirects, your visitors can find your web pages at the new location as the <\/span><b>URL changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> automatically.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also SEO benefits to making use of redirects as they help search engines to bookmark the changes you have made to the <\/span><b>destination URL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Redirects can be <\/span><b>permanent or temporary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 For example, if you are running a competition for a limited time, your visitors can be directed to a <\/span><b>temporary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your business name or <\/span><b>domain name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has changed, you can make use of a <\/span><b>permanent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> redirect. This way your customers can find your new website even if your old website address has been bookmarked or referenced elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>four<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2018types\u2019 of redirects available in the Control Panel:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Permanent redirect:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently. This is the default.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Temp redirect:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this returns a temporary redirect status (302).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>See other redirect:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this returns a \u2018See Other\u2019 status (303) indicating that the resource has been replaced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gone redirect:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this returns a \u2018Gone\u2019 status (410) indicating that the resource has been permanently removed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<span >Redirects are a useful tool to use when you would like to <\/span><b>divert traffic to a different URL<\/b><span > (web address). By making use of redirects, your visitors can find your web pages at the new location as the <\/span><b>URL changes<\/b><span > automatically.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >There are also SEO benefits to making use of redirects as they help search engines to bookmark the changes you have made to the <\/span><b>destination URL<\/b><span >. Redirects can be <\/span><b>permanent or temporary<\/b><span >.\u00a0 For example, if you are running a competition for a limited time, your visitors can be directed to a <\/span><b>temporary<\/b><span > site.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >If your business name or <\/span><b>domain name<\/b><span > has changed, you can make use of a <\/span><b>permanent<\/b><span > redirect. This way your customers can find your new website even if your old website address has been bookmarked or referenced elsewhere.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >There are <\/span><b>four<\/b><span > \u2018types\u2019 of redirects available in the Control Panel:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><b>Permanent redirect:<\/b><span > this returns a permanent redirect status (301) indicating that the resource has moved permanently. 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