soft redirect
English
Noun
soft redirect (plural soft redirects)Category:English lemmas#SOFTREDIRECTCategory:English nouns#SOFTREDIRECTCategory:English countable nouns#SOFTREDIRECTCategory:English multiword terms#SOFTREDIRECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SOFTREDIRECTCategory:Pages with entries#SOFT%20REDIRECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SOFT%20REDIRECT
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#SOFTREDIRECT) An indication to a user that what they requested may be found elsewhere.
- I decided to leave a soft redirect explaining why the website had been moved.Category:English terms with usage examples#SOFTREDIRECT
Usage notes
When a contrast is being made, hard redirect is sometimes used where just redirect would have been sufficient.