By CtrlAltDelete on

Is it possible to create an alias for the homepage using PathAuto?

I have a handful of deleted nodes and would like to direct requests from offsite links for those to the homepage. I tried using the old alias (e.g., /profile/company1) and pointing it to < front > instead of the previous location like /node/512. This just returns the 404 page. I know about the issues pointing to Views pages...is this a similar limitation?

This seems like it should be simple, but it's not working so I must be missing something obvious. Any input is appreciated.

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nevets’s picture

nevets commented

What about trying '/' instead of ''?

CtrlAltDelete’s picture

CtrlAltDelete commented

The forward slash immediately following the domain is already hardcoded for both the existing system path and path alias fields

cfox612’s picture

cfox612 commented

Why not redirect the 404 page to the homepage?

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CtrlAltDelete commented

OK, just installed the Redirect module (http://drupal.org/project/redirect) and discovered it will do exactly this! I apologize for posting *before* trying this but the description for Redirect didn't sound like it would work...should have tried it first anyways!