A Web Forwarding record redirects queries to another site. Utilizing this feature, you can denote a domain, site, directory, or page that you want to redirect.
UltraDNS supports HTTP to HTTP or HTTP to HTTPS forwarding. UltraDNS does not support HTTPS to HTTP or HTTPS to HTTPS forwarding.
The Web Forwarding record is comprised of the following fields:
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Requests To – The domain, site, directory or page that you want to redirect. This field can be left blank, and will by default, use your zone/domain name.
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You can use the wildcard character (*) in the string. Using a wildcard on a redirection record tells the server to match the most specific string, and then append any unmatched portion of the source URL to the target URL.
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Redirects To – The location that you want to redirect to. This can be a domain, site, directory or a page.
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You can use the wildcard character (*) in this field as well.
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Type – Select a redirect type from the drop-down menu.
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301 Redirect - Permanent Redirect
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302 Redirect - Found (unspecified reason redirect)
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303 Redirect - See Other
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307 Redirect - Temporary Redirect
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Framed - Creates an invisible frame set and loads the destination URL in the frame, thus making it more difficult to determine that a redirection has occurred. The disadvantage to this approach is that any bookmarks created by the user while navigating the site will point to the home page of the original URL.
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