diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/DirectRedirectResponseValues.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/DirectRedirectResponseValues.java
index 219b9ed37..1123c6b44 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/DirectRedirectResponseValues.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/DirectRedirectResponseValues.java
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues;
  * It redirects to the URL specified.  It does not attempt to add a 
  * context node.  This is useful when you want to redirect to a URL
  * created by the UrlBuilder which uses statics to sneak a context
- * into the URL strings it creates. 
- *  
- * @author bdc34 
+ * into the URL strings it creates.    
  */
 public class DirectRedirectResponseValues extends RedirectResponseValues {
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/RedirectResponseValues.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/RedirectResponseValues.java
index 4ab68e5b0..3e852be92 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/RedirectResponseValues.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/responsevalues/RedirectResponseValues.java
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ public class RedirectResponseValues extends BaseResponseValues {
 
     private final String redirectUrl;
 
-    //TODO: document this.  What does this do and mean?
-    //should redirectUrl have the context?  Or is the context added?
-    //If the context is added, what if we already have it because 
-    //UrlBuilder was used?  
-    //what about an off site redirect?  Maybe check for a magic "://" ?    
+    /** 
+     * The string redirectUrl will get the context added.    
+       If you want a redirect for a URL that has the context already added, 
+       as is the case if a UrlBuilder was used. use the class DirectRedirectResponseValues. 
+       
+       This will attempt to handle an off site redirect by checking for
+        "://" in the URL. 
+     */
     public RedirectResponseValues(String redirectUrl) {
         this.redirectUrl = getRedirectUrl(redirectUrl);
     }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/EditConfigurationVTwo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/EditConfigurationVTwo.java
index a79abf141..61e11a63e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/EditConfigurationVTwo.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/EditConfigurationVTwo.java
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ public class EditConfigurationVTwo {
      * to the original form. */
     String formUrl;
     
+    /**
+     * skipToUrl is a URL that should be forwarded to instead of displaying
+     * a form.  This will need the context if it is relative.  It may be a
+     * full off site URL.
+     */
+    String skipToUrl;
     
     String editKey;
 
@@ -1032,5 +1038,13 @@ public class EditConfigurationVTwo {
     public String getUrlToReturnTo() {
         return this.urlToReturnTo;
     }
+
+    public void setSkipToUrl(String url){
+        skipToUrl=url;
+    }
+    
+    public String getSkipToUrl() {
+        return skipToUrl;
+    }
     
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/controller/EditRequestDispatchController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/controller/EditRequestDispatchController.java
index 47ce89cb9..98a44efe9 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/controller/EditRequestDispatchController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/controller/EditRequestDispatchController.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Property;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.DirectRedirectResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.RedirectResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.TemplateResponseValues;
@@ -64,22 +65,24 @@ public class EditRequestDispatchController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
          }
         
          //if edit form needs to be skipped to object instead
-         if(isSkipEditForm(vreq)) {
+         if(isSkipPredicate(vreq)) {
         	 return processSkipEditForm(vreq);
-         }
+         }                  
      
         //Get the edit generator name
          String editConfGeneratorName = processEditConfGeneratorName(vreq);
-
-        //forward to create new handled in default object property form generator
         
          //session attribute 
          setSessionRequestFromEntity(vreq);
-         //Test
  
-         /****  make new or get an existing edit configuration ***/         
+         // make new or get an existing edit configuration          
          EditConfigurationVTwo editConfig = setupEditConfiguration(editConfGeneratorName, vreq);
          log.debug("editConfiguration:\n" + editConfig );
+
+         //if the EditConfig indicates a URL to skip to, then redirect to that URL
+         if( editConfig.getSkipToUrl() != null ){
+             return new DirectRedirectResponseValues(editConfig.getSkipToUrl());
+         }
          
          //what template?
          String template = editConfig.getTemplate();
@@ -109,11 +112,9 @@ public class EditRequestDispatchController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         	 return new TemplateResponseValues("error-message.ftl", map);
         
          }
-    }
-    
+    }    
 
-
-	private MultiValueEditSubmission getMultiValueSubmission(VitroRequest vreq, EditConfigurationVTwo editConfig) {
+    private MultiValueEditSubmission getMultiValueSubmission(VitroRequest vreq, EditConfigurationVTwo editConfig) {
 		return EditSubmissionUtils.getEditSubmissionFromSession(vreq.getSession(), editConfig);
 	}
 
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ public class EditRequestDispatchController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 
 
 	//if skip edit form
-	private boolean isSkipEditForm(VitroRequest vreq) {
+	private boolean isSkipPredicate(VitroRequest vreq) {
 		 //Certain predicates may be annotated to change the behavior of the edit
         //link.  Check for this annotation and, if present, simply redirect 
         //to the normal individual display for the object URI instead of bringing