There are a lot of ways to forward visitors from one domain/website to another. The so-called URL redirection is commonly preferred. In contrast to parking a domain, a URL redirection is feasible only if the domain name in question is hosted. What this means in simple terms is that you could still open any content if you have a direct link to it and you may set up email addresses or subdomains and use them. Such a function has lots of practical uses - if you choose to switch your domain name, you can redirect the visitors, but the emails with the old one shall still be active in the event that you are making contact with customers or partners. If you have 2 very similar sites and you want to rebuild one of them, you could redirect the traffic to the other site so as to prevent losing potential clients, while you'll still be able to access the administration area for the first website and work on it.
URL Redirector in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux shared packages, features a URL forwarding tool that will allow you to redirect any domain address or subdomain hosted within your account to any URL - inside your account or a third-party one. Creating a new redirection is extremely easy - you have to choose a domain/subdomain and then enter the URL it has to be forwarded to. You may also forward a particular subfolder only. For example, when you have your-domain.com and your-domain.com/es, you could redirect only the latter. The tool has sophisticated options for more tech-savvy users as well, like the option to select the redirection type - 301 (permanent redirection) or 302 (temporary redirection), the redirection method - direct or match, etc. If you no longer require a redirection, you could deactivate it with a mouse click from the same section of the Control Panel.
URL Redirector in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you order any of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, you will get access to a useful tool, that you can use to redirect any domain hosted within the account with several mouse clicks. The tool is a component of the sophisticated Hepsia CP and can easily be used by both expert users and beginners. In case you have no previous experience, you could redirect a domain or a subdomain by selecting it and then by typing or pasting the remote URL. If you're experienced, you can also decide if the type of the redirection needs to be permanent or temporary and if the method should be direct or match. Any of these options can be altered anytime as well as the URL, so you shall not need to create a new redirection if you want to change something. Needless to say, if you no longer require a specific domain or subdomain to be forwarded, you can delete the redirection without any difficulty.