I had a client recently demand I update a particular topics page in a peculiar way. They have a bunch of topics that they want to show on there, but have no dedicated content for it yet. Their thinking is to list the topics on the page, then link them to other topic pages where they're referenced.
Problem with this is, it's a page hosting a post type in WordPress. So the topics have to exist as actual pages, otherwise they won't appear on it. (Not to mention that editing the page to hard-code new links is impossible for me, since the client's web dev black-boxed the Theme Editor for some reason) My workaround solution to this is to create placeholder pages that just have the topic name, and preemptively create redirects for them to these other topic pages before I publish. That way, when I publish, they just automatically redirect to these other pages without Google indexing them. Then, when the client has the time and resources to do so, update the page, and then drop the redirect.
Does this make sense as a solution? And if so, would it make more sense to use a 301 or 302 redirect? It's worth noting the client has no ETA on when they'll actually supply these pages with actual content. Any thoughts on this would be helpful, thanks.
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