Beginner's Guide

Figure 4: News feed module on website
Redirects
The redirect manager is a wonderful idea. It redirects a visitor to a valid page when he enters a path
on your website that doesn't exist. It is possible that it existed before and was added to the search index of
a search engine, or someone stored it at another website. This problem usually occurs after relaunching a
website.
The redirect component is very convenient. If someone tries to access a path that doesn't exist,
Joomla will show the 404 - not found page and simultaneously create a new entry in the redirect manager.
When accessing Components - Redirects, you'll see these links (Figure 1). The System - redirect plug-in has to
be activated in Extensions → Plug-ins.
Figure 1: Redirect Manager
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