Creating a website redirect in your Hosting package
Managing Hosting package redirects
Creating a website redirect in your Hosting package
The following steps apply to Web Hosting plans purchased after July 2020 and Premium Hosting plans purchased after August 2020:
Start by logging in to your Control Panel and scroll down to ‘Web Hosting’. From there, select Manage.
On the next page, select Manage for the account you wish to use.
Select the three-dot icon for the package you want to edit. From there, choose Settings from the drop-down menu that appears.
On your dashboard, select the cPanel Admin button that appears above Settings.
On the next page, choose Redirects under the Domains section.
Enter the necessary details to set up your redirect. This includes:
- Type: whether you want it to be a temporary or permanent redirect. A permanent redirect will notify the visitor’s browser to update any bookmarks that are linked to the page that is being redirected. Temporary redirects will not update the visitor’s bookmarks.
- https?://(www..)?: the website you would like to assign the redirect to.
- /: the directory for your domain’s redirect.
- Redirects to: the page the user should be redirected to.
Once done, click Add to create the redirect.
The following steps apply to Web Hosting plans purchased before July 2020 and Premium Hosting plans purchased before August 2020:
Scroll down to the Web hosting section.
Select your domain name using the drop-down menu and then click on the Manage button.
In the Web Tools section, click on the Website Redirect button.
Type in the domain name for the website you wish to direct users away from.
Now type in the domain name for the website you wish to direct users to.
You can now decide if you would like a Permanent or Temporary redirect.
Click the Create Redirect button.
That’s it, your website redirect has been set up.
Don’t worry, you can always delete a redirect if you need to. Just click on the Delete Redirect button.
Editing a website redirect in your Hosting package
The following steps apply to Web Hosting plans purchased after July 2020 and Premium Hosting plans purchased after August 2020:
Access the Redirects page by following the process listed above. From there, you’ll see a list of your current redirects at the bottom of the page.
Although you won’t be able to amend any of the details, you can remove it entirely by selecting the Delete icon below Actions.
The following steps apply to Web Hosting plans purchased before July 2020 and Premium Hosting plans purchased before August 2020:
Login to your 123 Reg control panel. Scroll down to the Web Hosting section.
Select the relevant domain name from the drop down box and click on the Manage button.
Click on the Website Redirect option in the Web Tools section.
In the Edit Website Redirect from field enter the directory that you wish to edit and press the Modify Redirectbutton.
- This will then populate the create section where you can edit the Website to Redirect to field or change the redirection type., then press the Create Redirect button to complete the Website Redirection edit.
If you need to remove the redirect click on the Delete Redirect button.