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There are two kinds of redirects you can make:

Generally these are built in the site _redirects , however these can also be built on any page that exists. Just make sure that you do not create a redirect for a page that already exists to not create conflict.

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Standard page redirect

  1. Open site _redirects  in Cascade
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  2. Click the Add Content  menu and selectStandard redirect
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  3. Name the folder the text you want to appear after cnu.edu/ (standard naming convention rules apply – no caps, dash not space)
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  4. Edit the page asset just created. Fill out the metadata information for the page in case this redirect is ever linked where metadata can display
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  5. Expand Customizations  panel and expand the Redirect  panel.
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  6. In the Redirect Type  dropdown, select where your redirect is going
    a. Choose Internal if it is a page hosted in Cascade. Select the page asset in the chooser.
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    b. Choose External if it is a page outside Cascade. Select the external link asset in the External Link field or if this is a one off link, you can put the full URL in the External URL text field.

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  7. Submit and save the page following normal documentation procedures
  8. Publish the page to production

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QR code redirect

If your QR code includes UTM tracking, make sure to follow the instructions in the Create UTM tracking codes article.

  1. Open site _redirects  in Cascade
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  2. Click the Add Content  menu and selectQR code redirect
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  3. Replace the term "rename" in the asset name based on the campaign name in column H in the QR code/UTM URLs Google Sheet. (Only the part you want to appear after https://cnu.edu/qr/ and before .html – standard naming convention rules apply – no caps, dash not space).
    Make sure you keep .html in the file name or it will not work!
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  4. Edit the page asset just created. Fill out the metadata information for the page in case this redirect is ever linked where metadata can display
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  5. Expand Customizations  panel and expand the Redirect  panel.
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  6. In the Redirect Type  dropdown, select External
    In the External URL text field, paste the full URL with the UTM code elements (column I in the QR code/UTM URLs Google Sheet)
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  7. Submit and save the page following normal documentation procedures
  8. Publish the page to production

Once you have completed building the redirect, you can follow these instructions to create a QR code.