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How to Redesign a WebsiteA resource from Digital Nebraska

Redirect map builder

Paste your old and new URLs and get ready-to-use 301 redirect rules — with checks for chains, loops and pages dumped on the home page. Nothing you enter is saved.

Lets you paste full addresses — they’re turned into paths automatically.

Paste two columns from a spreadsheet. A line with only an old URL means “this page is gone” (it will 404).

Checks

  • 1 redirect pointed at another old URL (a chain). The output sends each straight to its final destination.
  • 1 old URL has no destination and will return 404 — fine only if those pages are truly gone.

5 redirects

/services/roof-repair /roof-repair 301
/about-us.html /about 301
/blog/2019/storm-tips /guides/storm-damage 301
/old-specials / 301
/roof-repair-omaha /roof-repair 301

How it works

  • Each line is an old URL and its new URL. Full addresses on your old domain become paths; chains (old → old → new) are collapsed so every redirect goes straight to its final page.
  • Output: a Cloudflare Pages or Netlify _redirects file, Apache RedirectMatch rules (exact matches), or Nginx location blocks — all permanent (301).

Using it well

Send each old page to its closest new match, keep the redirects for at least a year, and let truly retired pages return 404 rather than redirecting everything to the home page. Test a sample after launch.

Based on our guides: How to Redesign Your Website Without Losing SEO, How to Run a Content Audit Before Your Website Redesign.

Also try: Website redesign checklist →