How to Create a 301 or 302 Redirect?

If your site is on Windows Server

1. Open the IIS from the menu. Or press Windows + R and type inetmgr
2. In Connections pane, expand Sites
3. Select your site
4. Now, from the Home pane on the right, click HTTP Redirect
5. Check the box “Redirect requests to this destination:”
6. Enter the destination URL
7. Select ‘Status code’ to Permanent (301) or Found (302)*
8. Click Apply on the Task pane on the right to apply the redirection changes

*The HTTP/1.0 initially gave 302 a description phase ‘Moved Temporarily’

If your site in on Linux Server

1. Create an empty text file with a text editor of your choice and save it as htaccess.txt
2. Type in the following:
   1. Redirect 301/http://yournewdomain.com/ – (Redirects your entire site permanently)
   2. Redirect 302/http://yournewdomain.com/ – (Redirects your entire site permanently)
   3. Redirect 301/examplepage.htmlhttp://yournewdomain.com/examplepage1 – (Redirects examplepage.html to the new destination permanently)
   4. Redirect 302/examplepage.htmlhttp://yournewdomain.com/examplepage1 – (Redirects examplepage.html to the new destination permanently)
3. Save the file
4. Upload this file to the root directory of your old site and rename it to .htaccess

If you have WebHost Manager or cPanel

1. Login to your cPanel
2. Navigate to the Domains section
3. Click on Redirects
4. Choose the redirection Type
   1. Permanent (301)
   2. Temporary (302)

5.    From the drop-down, select the domain name you wish to redirect
6.    If you want to redirect only a single web page or directory, type in the existing path next to the drop-down
7.    In the Redirects to field, enter the new URL with http:// or https://
8.    Select the appropriate www. Redirection: option
9.    Click Add to create the redirect

That’s it!

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