How to import redirects into Shopify?
Shopify étant un outil en SAAS, vous n'avez par définition pas accès au code source du backend (uniquement celui du thème) et encore moins accès aux fichier de paramétrage du serveur (.htaccess ou vhost). Pour prendre en…
As Shopify is a SaaS tool, you by definition have no access to the backend source code (only to that of the theme), let alone to the server configuration files (.htaccess or vhost). To handle redirects, whether throughout the life of the site or during a migration from another CMS such as a migration from PrestaShop to Shopify for example, you will therefore have to follow the steps below.
1- Access the management screen:
How to access the redirect management screen in Shopify
To access the redirect management screen in Shopify, follow this path:
- Click on Online Store (under sales channels) in the left-hand menu
- Click on navigation
- Click on "view URL redirects" in the top right-hand menu
Example of imported redirects
Once in the management screen, you will have two options: either set up redirects manually with the "Create URL redirect" button, or import a batch of URLs directly. This second option is the most practical when working with Swan, the automated SEO redirect tool.
To be valid, the import file must be in comma-separated CSV format and follow this column header scheme:
Redirect from,Redirect to
Example CSV file
/example_product.php,/products/example-product The file to import is built from the migration's redirect plan.
