When you amend the structure of your site or remove pages that may no longer be relevant, your users may be led to a “page not found” error when they use old URLs. Redirects address this problem by directing your users to the correct page when they visit an old URL.
A redirect has two parts:
a source, the old path on your site that no longer leads anywhere, and
a destination, where you want visitors sent instead. The destination can be another page, folder, or collection on your site, or an external website starting with
https://. This also works if the destination page hasn't been published yet: the redirect simply starts working once it goes live.
Add a redirect
Only site admins can add, edit, or delete redirects. If you're a publisher or editor, you can still view the list of redirects under Site Settings, but the options to add or delete one won't be available to you.
To add one, go to Site Settings > Redirects and fill in the Source and Destination fields.
Redirect to a page, folder, or collection on your site
Click into the Destination field
Key in the site to redirect to, using this convention “/path” or “/folder/path” or open the 🔗 Link to a page picker to choose the page, folder, or collection you want to redirect to
Click + Add
💡 When you edit a published page's URL or move it to a different folder, Isomer Studio creates a redirect by default so the old address still works.
Redirect to an external website
Enter the full address in the Destination field, for example
https://www.gov.sgClick + Add
View redirects
Every redirect you've added is listed under Site Settings > Redirects. Regardless of your user role, you will be able to see the full list of redirects for your site.
Delete redirects
To remove one, select the trash icon next to it. A confirmation window shows the source and destination so you can check you're removing the right one, then confirm to delete it.
Rules to know when setting up redirects
A redirect can't point back to its own source.
Isomer Studio blocks redirect loops. If
/balready redirects to/a, you can't also redirect/ato/b.Only one redirect is allowed per source. Isomer Studio blocks duplicates.
What’s upcoming
Add multiple redirects at once
If you need to add a large number of redirects at once, for example during a site launch or a major restructuring, you can upload them together using a CSV file instead of adding each one under Site Settings > Redirects by hand.
Add a wildcard redirect
A wildcard redirect allows you to redirect all pages within a folder or collection to one site with the use of a single rule without needing to set up one redirect per page.