Url Redirection = Javascript+html

AlanDS

Apr 24 2006, 04:52 PM

In javascript Browser redirection can be done in 3 ways:

1) Alert Redirect:

CODE

<html>
<script>
alert("This page has been moved to a new location... click OK to be redirected.");
location = "http://www.your-website.com";
</script>
</html>

2) Confirm and Redirect:

CODE

<html>
<script>
    if(confirm("This page has been moved to a new location... would you like to be redirected"))
    {
  location = "http://www.your-website.com";
    }
    else
    {
  history.back();
    }
</script>
</html>

3) Stealth Redirect:

CODE

<html>
<script>
location = "http://www.your-website.com";
</script>
</html>

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WindAndWater

Apr 24 2006, 09:35 PM

Browser redirection can also be accomplished through the use of META tags in HTML or through a specific clause in your .htaccess file.

html:

CODE

will change the page to www.google.com after 5 seconds. Remember that meta tags go within your <head></head> tags.

.htaccess:

CODE

Redirect /site.html http://www.othersite.com/index.html

Whenever it's possible, it's best to use an alterative to javascript, as not all users will have it enabled.

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AlanDS

Apr 25 2006, 04:36 PM

Will you please elaborate on how .htaccess is to be used.

Thanks

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WindAndWater

Apr 26 2006, 01:05 AM

For some strange reason I can't seem to get redirect to work on my trap17 hosting; my guess is that we don't have mod_rewrite enabled. However, RedirectMatch (allows redirection with regEx matching for the pages) seems to work.

CODE

RedirectMatch permanent fromPage.html http://www.domain.com/toPage.html

"permanent" tells the browser that the redirection is permanent, but doesn't really affect much -- you can remove it if you want. The second page shouldn't have to use an absolute path, but for some reason it doesn't work on my trap17 account unless I do. To use it, simply copy the code snippit into a text editor, switch out the dummy names with real ones, and then save it as a plain-text file named ".htaccess". Once you're done, upload the file to whichever directory the file you want to be redirected is from. Alternatively, you can have your .htaccess file a few directories up (say in your root directory) and just specify the file by including the path.

Trap17 already has a .htaccess file for your www/public_html directory, so if you want to stick your redirection code there, just append it to the other file.

Url Redirection = Javascript+html - Redirect using scripts!

Url Redirection = Javascript+html - Redirect using scripts!