There are various ways to forward website visitors from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is oftentimes favored. In contrast to parking a domain name, a URL forwarding is feasible only if the domain in question is hosted. What this means basically is that you could still open any content in case you have a direct link to it and you could create e-mail addresses or subdomains and use them. Such a feature has numerous practical uses - if you decide to switch your domain address, you could forward the visitors, but the e-mail messages with the old one shall still be active if you are communicating with clients or partners. In case you have 2 identical Internet sites and you need to rebuild one of them, you may redirect the traffic to the other site in order to prevent losing potential customers, while you will still be able to access the admin area for the first Internet site and develop it.

URL Redirector in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, included with our Linux shared hosting services, includes a URL forwarding tool that will enable you to redirect any domain or subdomain hosted in your account to any URL - within your account or a third-party one. Creating a new redirection is quite simple - you have to select a domain/subdomain and then input the URL it needs to be redirected to. You can also redirect a particular subfolder only. As an example, when you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you could redirect just the latter. The tool has complex options for more tech-savvy users as well, like the option to pick the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, and so forth. If you no longer require a redirection, you could deactivate it with a click from the very same section of the CP.

URL Redirector in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server offers include a very handy tool which will offer you an automated and easy way to forward any of your domains to a different URL. While this is in most cases done by creating a special file in the domain folder and by typing in specific content in it, our tool will enable you to select a domain/subdomain from a drop-down list and to type the preferred remote Internet address. Our system will do the rest and the forwarding will be enabled in just seconds. If you are more tech-savvy, you can pick a variety of more advanced options too, such as the redirection method (direct, match) and the redirection type (temporary, permanent). You can even redirect a specific folder rather than the root domain. You shall be able to edit these settings anytime, and to delete an existing redirection from the same exact section in which you have created it from the start.