doing http redirect in hugo

By JIMz

Procedures

  1. determine folder structure ;
  2. add layout according to (1) ;
  3. add content file according to (1) ;

determine folder structure

e.g. all redirect files are put under :

/content/redirect

then the new layout file should be :

/layouts/redirect/single.html

where the filename single is the default layout filename according to Hugo, for the type specified by the parent folder, in this case redirect ;

if there will be more than 1 type of redirect templates, also put it here and just avoid that single keyword.

add layout

content of the layout file :

<HTML>
  <meta
    http-equiv="refresh"
    content="0; url={{ .Params.redirect_url }}" 
  />

  redirecting to : {{ .Params.redirect_url }}

</HTML>

notes:

  • the content line is optional ;
  • .Params.redirect_url refers to the variable redirect_url defined as front matter in those content files in /content/redirect ;

add content file

a sample content file here.

notes:

  • the only required front matter is redirect_url ;
  • if there are more than 1 layout under /layouts/redirect, match that filename here with the front matter type ; i.e. :
    • if there is a 2nd type of redirect named redirect_with_delay :
      • layout filename : redirect_with_delay.html
      • content front matter to include : type: redirect_with_delay
---
title: verification redirect - LPIC-1
type: redirect
desc: LPIC-1 verification
redirect_url: https://people.lpi.org/m/LPI000012523
tags:
  - redirect
  - IT
  - lpi
  - LPIC
  - certifications
  - verify
---