Before you begin, write down the URL key of the page to be redirected (Request Path), and the target page where it will be redirected (Target Path).

1.

On the Admin menu, select Catalog > URL Rewrite Management.

2.

In the upper-right corner, click the Add URL Rewrite button.

3.

Set Create URL Rewrite to “Custom.”

4.

In the URL Rewrite Information section, do the following:

a.

If you have multiple stores, select the Store where the rewrite applies.

b.

In the ID Path field, enter the relative path of the destination page.

• To redirect to another CMS page in your store, enter the relative path to the page, without a leading forward slash.
• To redirect to a page on a different site, enter the fully qualified URL of the new destination.

• new-page	URL key of target page.
  somewhere/new-page	Relative path to target page, without leading forward slash.
  http://magento.com	Fully qualified URL of target page on external website.

c.

In the Request Path field, enter the relative path of the page to be redirected.

d.

In the Target Path field, enter the valid URL of an existing page that will be the new destination. This refers to the same page as the ID Path.

e.

Set Redirect to one of the following:

• Temporary (302)
• Permanent (301)

f.

For your own reference, enter a brief Description of the rewrite.

In the following illustration, the CMS page “about-magento-demo-store” is temporarily redirected to the target, “my-page.”

5.

When complete, click the Save button.

Your new rewrite now appears at the top of the list.

1.

On the Admin menu, select System > Index Management.

2.

Select the Catalog URL Rewrites checkbox.

3.

Set the Actions control to “Reindex Data,” and click the Submit button.

Test the rewrite from your store, to make sure that it works correctly.