Redirects: moving from an old website
Switching to heyolive from an old website? Redirects make the move smooth — they automatically forward visitors from your old page addresses to the right pages on your new site.
Why this matters
Your old site's pages have addresses that are out in the world: Google results, links from other sites, bookmarks, old business cards. If your new site uses different addresses, those links would hit a "page not found" wall — and Google would slowly forget the reputation your old pages earned.
A redirect fixes that. Anyone who visits the old address glides straight to the new page, and Google transfers the old page's standing to the new one.
Setting up redirects
Tell the chat which old addresses should go where:
- "Redirect /our-services to my services page"
- "Redirect /about-us.html to /about"
- "My old contact page was /contact-us — forward it to my contact page"
Redirects take effect immediately — no republish needed.
How to find your old addresses
Before you switch your domain over, click through your old site and note the address of each page (the part after your domain, like /menu or /gallery). Ten minutes of noting addresses saves months of lost visitors. If you have a list, paste the whole thing into the chat and ask it to set them all up.
Good to know
- Redirects only kick in for addresses that don't exist on your new site — your real pages always win.
- You can redirect to another page on your site or to a completely different website.
- Ask the chat "what redirects do I have?" any time to see the list.