Editable redirects

[jbmoelker]

User story

As a content editor, I want to be able to configure redirects in the CMS, so that I can redirect visitors to a new page when one was removed or deleted or I simply wanted a short url for marketing.

System design

• Allow editor to set the from URL (required)
• Allow editor to set the to URL (required)
• Allow editor to select a page from the CMS instead of entering a to URL (nice to have; this would make to URL optional/conditional; possibly reuse InternalLink model and logic)
• Allow editor to set status code: permanent (301) or temporary (302) (required, 302 default)
• Allow editor to order redirect rules because the first match will be used (see Cloudflare_redirects)
• Cloudflare Pages supports _redirects, and Astro has its own redirects setup.

[jbmoelker]

I modelled a quick Redirect Rule model in DatoCMS to test reusing the Internal Link model. However I'm stuck figuring out a simple setup as the multi-locale environment makes it difficult. An Internal Link has a different value for each locale. Whereas a simple redirect rule has the same from and to for each locale. 🤷 :

Which prompts this modal when selecting an Internal Link:

Notes:

• We could add a second to model like Redirect Pattern where someone could enter a pattern like: /new/url?filter=:splat.
• We'll need to add an info box at the top of the model to explain what patterns are supported (:param and * -> :splat).
• We should add validation to the from value (start with a /, max one *, ...)
• I do like the radio buttons with help text for the redirect type. The field key is status_code and the radio buttons produce the values 301 and 302.