Hello all. I have a blog powered by Ghost: [image] Mere Civilian A mere civilian's perspective on life Since it is just me and I like the way the author page looks, I would like the homepage ( merecivilian.com ) to show the author page: MereCivilian - Mere Ci…

redirects.yaml 301: ^/: /author/mc/ worked for me. But the route /author/mc is visible in the browser. @Cathy_Sarisky suggestion also fits. Is better than a redirect: routes: /: template: author data: author.mc

See [image] Implementing redirects in Ghost Avoid broken links by redirecting old URLs to new ones. In this tutorial, learn everything you need to know about Ghost's redirect process. redirects.yaml 301: /: /author/mc/

Thank you @joe-blocher Unfortunately that didnt work. I uploaded the new redirects.yaml file: [20250521 1111] It gives an error: [20250521 1113] it says too many redirects.

To prevent that, start with ^/ , which will cause it to match only a / when it starts the path… But, just so that we’re clear, a redirect is going to cause the visitor to get sent to /author/mc, not cause the author/mc content to show up at /. Is that what you’re wanting?

[image] Cathy_Sarisky: But, just so that we’re clear, a redirect is going to cause the visitor to get sent to /author/mc, not cause the author/mc content to show up at /. Is that what you’re wanting? This is not what I am after. I want merecivilian.com to show the contents of merecivilian.com…

Right, then you don’t want a redirects file. You want a routes file. This might work. routes.yaml (uploaded through labs): routes: /: template: author data: author.mc collections: /blog/: permalink: /{slug}/ template: home (add the tag and authors section like normal) Tha…

Thank you @Cathy_Sarisky so I added the following and also tried changed the index to home: [20250521 1134] Noting, the above is the only thing in my routes.yaml file. It gives the following error: [20250521 1134]

Check out this older post. The indenting is wrong, but I think the solution is there: [image] Route for author page on /? Developer help Hi @Kate , hi ghost-team, any news on the issue, that the ghost header is not displayed? Looks like the same problems exists here too:…

If you are self-hosting you can use a 301 redirect rewrite on Nginx or the proxy you are actually using as well.

I used the redirect solution proposed by @joe-blocher and now anyone going to my homepage is redirected from https://merecivilian.com/ to MereCivilian - Mere Civilian It is not ideal because it redirects rather than showing the author page on the home page ( merecivilian.com ) but will see how I go. …

[image] MereCivilian: showing the author page on the home page The initial topic is solved but not your issue, you just need to use routes for that. 301 means entering to a page and jumping to another.

How to Redirect HomePage to Author Page?

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Cathy_Sarisky May 21, 2025, 1:55am 8

Check out this older post. The indenting is wrong, but I think the solution is there:

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How to Redirect HomePage to Author Page?

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