Definition:  A redirect sends a link from one place to another.

Links to content on www.epa.gov will break after Sept. 30, 2015.

To prevent broken links going to www.epa.gov, contact Web_CMS_support to request a top level redirect. If you do not make the request, any redirect you created locally in your tssms, will break after Sept. 30, 2015.

What is granted upon request:

• Legacy sites being transformed to new web areas on www2.
  • Transformed www2.epa.gov Web Areas get a top-level www redirect upon request.
  • This means:
    • Any link going to www.epa.gov/webarea/anything is redirected to the www2.epa.gov/webarea homepage.
      • Example: www.epa.gov/lead/anycontent  goes to www2.epa.gov/lead
    • No broken links for www content
    • Request these when you publish your new web area
• www3 content gets one primary top-level www alias.
  • This means:
  • We take the primary alias used for the original site and redirect that to www3 content.
    • Example: www.epa.gov/recyclecity is redirected to www3.epa.gov/recyclecity

What is not available

• There will be no redirects from www.epa.gov/webarea/some-subpage content to www2.epa.gov/webarea/some-replacement-subpage content after 9/30/2015
  • Locally made www subpage redirects will no longer work. (Those created within directory-level .htaccess files, for example.)
  • If it’s noteworthy, it should be a link on the www2 web area homepage or
  • Consider having a “Key Information” box on your www2 web area home page.

Related Information:

Link to  A Web Area will only have one URL