Redirect a user to different site or page in SharePoint or WSS 3.0

SharePoint: Redirect to another site/page

Posted by tsymonds on August 4, 2009 – 1:29 pm

Filed under Microsoft, SharePoint

Go to the SharePoint page that you require the redirect to take place.

Choose Site Actions, Edit Page.

SharePoint Edit Page

Add a new XML Web Part to the page.

Add Web Part

Choose Edit, Modify Shared Web Part.

Modify Shared Web Part

Select the XML Editor Button.

XML Editor

Input the following XML:

Replace http://www.google.co.uk with the url of the site/page you wish to redirect to.

Choose OK to close the Editor.

Expand Layout and choose Hidden.

Hidden Web Part

Click OK, then Exit Edit Mode.

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Andre G

Posted March 4, 2010 at 6:58 pm | Permalink

Hi

Great tip, works perfectly. Just a simple (I hope) question:
– what if I want to change, or remove the redirection? How will I be able to do this?
admin

Posted March 18, 2010 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

Hello Andre, the best method is to edit the page using SharePoint Designer (Free download) and remove the code using that.