Skip to main content

Redirecting to a Static home page

In BHF:Layouts & Templates we use to see a number of questions on having stating home page on Blogger. Yes, it is possible with the new feature of blogger called Search Preferences.

If you're looking for redirecting from one blog to another, please read blog redirection in two ways.


So how do I?
  1. Sign in to Blogger.
  2. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Search Preferences > Errors and Redirects > Click Edit on Custom redirects.
  3. In From, just type "/"
  4. In To type the link to which you want to redirect. 
  5. For example, If I need to redirect my blog's home page - http://howtoblog.krishnainfotron.com to http://howtoblog.krishnainfotron.com/index.htm, then in the To text box, I would just type /index.htm
  6. Click Save > Save Changes
  7. You could see I have redirected my http://howtoblog.krishnainfotron.com/index.htm to http://howtoblog.krishnainfotron.com/p/comments.html for example.
  8. Happy Blogging!
See related posts:
Labels:

Comments

  1. Unknown30/3/12 2:59 pm

    I tried to follow your instructions to redirect http://debhalasz.blogspot.com to http://debhalasz.blogspot.com/p/home.html
    I have the new UI, and I had no difficulty finding the search preferences.
    However, when I click save, the box around the redirect links turns red. It's not saving, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
    I've typed "/" in the first box and "/portfolio.html" in the second box.
    I also tried typing "/" in the first box
    and "/home.html" in the second box because I wasn't sure which way to handle the redirect.

    Can you help?
    Thank you!
    I want what's currently at http://debhalasz.blogspot.com to be moved to http://debhalasz.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html

    Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Kesava Krishnan30/3/12 3:38 pm

      Let me explain you how to do. In the first box give / In the second box give /p/home.html and save it. You have no page called portfolio.html You have to do some changes in your template.
      1)Go to Dashboard=>Design=>Click Edit on Pages=>Remove.
      2)Now Click add gadget that appears on in the place of the Pages gadget.
      3) Choose HTML/Java Script and add the following code in it. Click on the link here
      4) Save. You are done.

      Delete
  2. Unknown3/10/12 11:06 am

    Awesome... Perfectly worked...

    ReplyDelete
  3. Kesava Krishnan3/10/12 4:35 pm

    @Zulfir : Thanks :) hope you are happy with our other plugins and tutorials :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Nameless Me4/10/12 5:20 am

    Thank you, sir, it is working.

    ReplyDelete
  5. muharrem15/11/12 12:44 am

    how can i redirect it to random post.everytime when visitor come to home page he or she see different post in home page. thanks

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Kesava Krishnan16/11/12 6:05 am

      You can't do that. We can't redirect to diff. URL each time. Instead you can leave your blog as it is without any redirects so that they see your diff. post each time as they login...

      Delete
    2. muharrem16/11/12 7:03 pm

      So is there any other method to do this? as i searched we can do it in wp but i m using blogger. i dont have any experiences with wp.

      Delete
    3. Kesava Krishnan17/11/12 6:06 am

      Hopefully blogger doesnt have such a facility. :(

      Delete
    4. muharrem18/11/12 3:19 am

      It işs ok:( thanks anyway :)

      Delete

Post a Comment

People also read,

How to secure your Google account and Blogger blog?

As a part of contributions to NCSAM, I am writing this article down on what all should we be aware of with respect to Google's security aspect and how to make sure your blog stays yours forever. What is NCSAM? It's National Cyber Security Awareness Month which is observed during the month of October every year in America. However, we all know cyber security is a world topic and is not limited to just the USA. So let me give some tips with respect to keeping the Google account safe and Blogger blogs safe from hackers. As I secure my account, I hope you people catch up too. In this blog post, I am going to tell about the following, Securing your Google account. Securing your Blogger blog. Securing your Google account Since Blogger is also part of your Google account, let's first see what all we need to do to keep our Google account safe. Don't share your password to anyone. Keep changing your password every 60 - 90 days. Make sure your password is str
31 comments
Read More

Blogger Tweak - Open external links in new tab automatically

So, once upon a time, a really long while ago, I tried to customise and recreate a Blogger template which is not available anymore, but there's one thing I remember about it. I had a jQuery code written to make all the external links open in new tab. I also thought, it's about time I revive that idea and write a more intact code and here we go.  So, there are two things to do.  Add Javascript code that detects external links and opens them in new tab. Add a CSS code to let users know that a particular link is going to be opened in new tab. Adding a javascript code Please follow the instructions below, Go to https://blogger.com  dashboard Navigate to Themes > click the down arrow near "Customize" and then click on Edit HTML. Now scroll to the very end and paste the following code just before </body> tag. <script type='text/javascript'> document.body.addEventListener(&quot;mousedown&quot;,function(event){       if(event.target.tagNa
3 comments
Read More

Blogger HTTPS for custom domain and Cloudflare

In BHF, there was a recent issue related to cloudflare where the browser screams the site is a phishing site. So I thought of writing up how does a service like cloudflare affect your blogger blog. What is Cloudflare? Well we have that written all over Wikipedia: Cloudflare . Let's go on with why Blogger users look for Cloudflare. Anciently Blogger users used Cloudflare for one simple reason. HTTPS for custom domains. So what happens when you introduce Cloudflare into your domain? DNS Redirect. Your custom domain will be configured with the proxy info provided by Cloudflare and when the request is hit, DNS redirect happens. DNS redirect is bad for the site's health. A number of reasons, but the most important is that some browsers, when it detects a DNS redirection, it thinks that it is a phishing site. What is a DNS redirect? I am trying to explain this in easy terms. I'll try not to be too technical. When a custom domain URL is hit, usually the domain reques
15 comments
Read More