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How to add a URL redirect in Sitecore 8.

Tracy-Ann Lee
I came across this issue a few weeks ago when I realised that a page URL had been created within our Sitecore website that contained a spelling error!
Upon investigation into the issue, I identified that if I renamed the page URL that contained the spelling error then this would potentially break any links from external sites that may have historically linked to this page URL. I needed a solution that would allow me to create a new correctly spelt URL and redirect the old one, allowing a seamless transition and no broken page links or 404 errors.
After talking to our technical team here at the agency about how I could solve this issue, they advised that there was indeed a solution! A plug-in that could be added to our Sitecore development that would allow me to create a URL redirect.
This would allow me to create a new version of the same page (spelt correctly) and then redirect the incorrectly spelt URL to this page, halleluiah I said to myself!
Once Bob in our server–side development team had added the plugin, I set to work adding this redirect into the site.
The steps I followed are shown below:
Select the Sample Rewrites option from the content tree:

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Then right select on the Sample Rewrites, select insert and select Simple Redirect. Give your redirect a name, which relates to the page where the redirect is located.

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Once created you can then follow the below to see where the incorrect spelling is added and the correct spelling is added.

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Then save your newly created redirect.
I then renamed the URL on the Client Testimonials page to the correct spelling:

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Next go to the ‘Review’ Tab
Click Fast Track Deploy
As these items have a workflow by default and unless you deploy them they won't publish.
Then publish your site updates and your URL redirect should be up and running!
