# Set up redirections

Configure URL redirects to handle moved or renamed pages.

Redirects are managed in the **Redirects** tab of site settings.

![Set up Redirections in Capable Sites](https://help.gocapable.com/images/bf1ac0ae-3e36-4f60-a504-e2acef037fe5.webp)

### [#](#format)Format

Redirect rules are entered as plain text, one rule per line:

```
literal /old-path /new-path permanent
literal /old-page /new-page temporary
```

| Component | Description                                                     |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| literal   | Match type (literal path match)                                 |
| /old-path | The source path to redirect from                                |
| /new-path | The destination path to redirect to                             |
| permanent | 301 redirect (permanent — search engines transfer ranking)      |
| temporary | 302 redirect (temporary — search engines keep the original URL) |

### [#](#comments)Comments

Lines starting with `#` are treated as comments:

```
# Redirect old documentation URLs
literal /v1/getting-started /docs/getting-started permanent

# Temporary redirect during migration
literal /beta /new-beta temporary
```

### [#](#constraints)Constraints

* Maximum 50,000 characters for all redirect rules combined
* Each rule must be on its own line