Hi all, I just started learning netlify and is following a YT tutorial, however in the section of redirecting I faced a difficult issue, read the netlify articles and tried but still no fruit. As of right now I am only using developer mode but set it to ‘–live’ so everyone can observe.
The test server: https://firstapppermit-f86897.netlify.live/
The Issue is described below:
I am trying to demonstrate redirection using the ‘_redirects’ file, which content is written below:
/home /
/living /die
/cuties https://www.petsofnetlify.com 301!
The first two redirects (which redirects to internal server) works fine with no issue, however each time i tried to use a URL to redirect to external website (tried LinkedIn, Instagram, finally petsofnetify) it always returns back to ‘/’ (index.html). I am very confused on whats wrong with just a simple redirect, the YT tutorial i’m following has absolutely no issue doing this. Requesting support and advise, thankyou.
My netlify.toml file:
[build]
base="dist/"
publish="dist/"
My project directory setup:
Observations:
adding ‘/’ before https…etc makes it redirect to /https://www.petsofnetlify.com (i know it will just say page not found but thats not the point) which means the rule is recognized by netlify
Attempts tried:
Using ‘200’ which ends up making a proxy in the same address (i dont want this)
Turning on/off pretty URL
using/not suing ‘301’ at the end of the line