My blog is made using Jekyll and hosted on Netlify. I was surprised to learn that Netlify has support for redirects. Here’s how you can configure it for Jekyll(or any static generator for that matter)
Step 1: Create a _redirects file in project root
Create a _redirects file in the project root. Populate it redirect url and the urls you want them to point to. For example I wanted to point /resume to /about
/resume /about
You can also add comments using #
Step 2: Include _redirects in _config.yml
This is a Jekyll specific step. You will need to include _redirects in config.yml. In config.yml add an includes entry like so
include: [_redirects]
Step 3: Deploy to Netlify
Deploy your site to Netlify and you are done. If you enter <your_base_url>/resume you are redirected to <your_base_url>/about.
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I just created my site using DEV + Stackbit + Netlify integration and had some trouble with the syntax to include the _redirects file; now it's working ;) Thanks!