# Best practices for URL forwarding/rewriting from a previous (non-Discourse) system

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-url-forwarding-rewriting-from-a-previous-non-discourse-system/21657>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [2014年十月29日 22:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-url-forwarding-rewriting-from-a-previous-non-discourse-system/21657 "2014-10-29T22:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![kayone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kayone/32/107166_2.png) [@kayone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kayone)\
**Post date:** [2014年十月30日 16:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-url-forwarding-rewriting-from-a-previous-non-discourse-system/21657/4 "2014-10-30T16:39:00Z")

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It seems like there is no dedicated search page, so the 404 page might be your best bet besides doing the mapping.

> [@Permalink to Discourse search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalink-to-discourse-search/18818/7):
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> We don’t have a dedicated search page, it’s on our roadmap possibly in the next few months

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