As part of our URL forwarding, paths and parameters can be retained and passed along to the destination URL. The most notable aspect of configuring your forwarding is how/when the training slash is included in the destination URL.

Below are some examples.

Configured Destination

Client Browses To

Client is Redirected To

Notes

Basic domain forwarding; no path or query in the client requested URL

Destination URL had a trailing slash, so client sub paths are appended properly

Basic domain forwarding; destination URL path preserved

Basic domain forwarding; destination URL path preserved

Basic domain forwarding; destination URL path preserved

Request path and query always appended, even if destination URL already has them; possible 404 depending on web server folders/routing

Destination URL includes a query (the part after the "?" character). Path and query still appended, but target web server will usually ignore

Destination URL includes a query (the part after the "?" character). Path and query still appended, but target web server will usually ignore

http://destination.comsub/path/?param=val#anchor

Request path and query always appended, even if destination URL already has them; will cause 404 not found due to lack of trailing slash causing invalid domain name

http://destination.com/dest/pathsub/path/?param=val#anchor

Request path and query always appended, even if destination URL already has them; probable 404 not found depending on web server folders/routing

http://destination.com/dest/path/sub/path/doc.htm?param=val#anchor

Request path and query always appended, even if destination URL already has them; possible 404 depending on web server folders/routing

http://destination.com/dest/path/?param=valsub/path/doc.htm?param=val#anchor

Destination URL includes a query (the part after the "?" character). Path and query still appended, but parameter value corrupted due to lack of trailing "&" character; possible 404 not found

http://destination.com/dest/path/?param=val&sub/path/doc.htm?param=val#anchor

Destination URL includes a query (the part after the "?" character). Path and query still appended, but parameter value preserved due to trailing "&" character

http://destination.com/?sub/path/doc.htm?param=val#anchor

Same as above, but the single trailing "?" character will cause most web servers to ignore the path

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