Redirecting from an archived asset
After archiving an asset, you often want to ensure visitors who bookmarked the archived asset are redirected to a replacement asset. Because Brightspot ensures that there are no duplicate paths in a site, you must first delete the permalink of the asset you want to archive before configuring the redirect. This frees up the asset's URL slug to be added as a redirect on the replacement asset.
To redirect from an archived asset:
- Search for and open the asset you want to archive.
- In the URLs widget, copy the asset's permalink to your clipboard (for example,
/brightspots-authoring-tools-were-built-for-collaboration
). - Next to the asset's permalink, click . Repeat for any additional permalinks.
- Click Publish.
- Next to the Publish button, click , then click Archive.
- Search for and open the destination asset to which you want to redirect the asset you archived in step 5.
- In the URLs widget, click Add URL.
- In the text field, paste the copied permalink from the archived asset.
- Underneath the text field, select the site to which the permalink is associated. If the destination asset belongs to the same site as the archived asset, retain the default.
- Select the kind of redirect you want:
- Alias—Adds an additional URL for an asset. For details, see Asset URLs.
- Redirect (Permanent)—Adds a 301 redirect to the current asset. For details, see Asset URLs.
- Redirect (Temporary)—Adds a 302 redirect to current asset. For details, see Asset URLs.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the asset.