Redesign and 301 redirects
Created by: peronero
Issue to flag that to ensure retaining "SEO juice" and avoid breaking external links where someone has linked to an old page, the site will need 301 redirects in place when the redesign goes live, from old URLs to new ones and/or pertinent pages where pages have been consolidated and/or deprecated.
This is typically done by cataloging existing pages and mapping them to the new ones, and implemented in the configs in the webserver but can also be done via META refresh tags in placeholder pages as a crude hack.