There are various ways to redirect traffic from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is commonly favored. In contrast to parking a domain address, a URL forwarding is possible only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means basically is that you could still open any content if you have a direct link to it and you may create email addresses or subdomains and use them. This kind of function has many practical uses - if you decide to switch your domain address, you can forward the site visitors, but the e-mail messages with the old one shall still be active if you are making contact with customers or partners. If you have two very similar sites and you would like to rebuild one of them, you may forward the visitors to the other Internet site in order to avoid losing potential customers, while you will still be able to access the administrator area for the first website and develop it.
URL Redirector in Cloud Website Hosting
When you host your websites with us and you have a cloud website hosting package deal, you'll be able to use our URL redirection tool to redirect the traffic from any domain address and subdomain, or from a subfolder under any of them, to another Internet address. The task takes a number of easy steps through an intuitive interface, so you can set up a redirection even in case you have no previous experience. You'll only have to select a domain or a subdomain via a drop-down list, to pick the folder where the redirection shall be set up (the root folder or a subfolder), and then to input the URL where the site visitors should be redirected to. For more advanced users, there are also options to select the redirection type (permanent or temporary) and the method (direct or match). Any redirection that you create can be deactivated from the exact same section of the Control Panel, in case you do not need it anymore.