posted on June 6, 2001 07:39:21 AM
Hi, got a quick question that maybe one of you computer people can help with....I need to redirect people from my old webpage to my new webpage.....I have often seen where you click on a web URL and a page comes up that say "we have moved....etc etc and a new web address to click on" HOW DO YOU DO THAT??? Do you just write a new page html and put it on that ??? Or is there a program?? Thanks, Minx
posted on June 6, 2001 08:10:51 AM
Look in your favorite HTML manual for information about "client pull." With some HTML code within a <META> tag, you can redirect a page visitor to another page, and specify how many seconds of delay there should be.
posted on June 6, 2001 01:04:26 PMMarble Thanks for the info.....so that meta tag html fragment that you gave me should go at the top of the page? And also...will it affect the current server?...by that I mean.....do I need to contact Tripod and let them know that I am doing that or does that just do it and I don't have to do anything else.....ALso, I will look up "client pull" and see what I can find....Again. Thanks.
posted on June 6, 2001 01:21:50 PM
Meta tags go in the <head> </head> section of your html document. You could do something like:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="15; URL=http://www.yournewsite.com">
<title>My Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
This is my old web site. You should be automatically redirected to my new site momentarily. To get there more quickly, <a href="http://www.yournewsite.com">click here</a>.
</body>
</html>
The user would be redirected to your new site in 15 seconds (set to 0 instead for immediate redirect).
It doesn't affect the current server at all. It's just interpreted like any other html.
posted on June 6, 2001 02:47:50 PMRAINY BEAR Thats perfect...just what I wanted.....I was trying to figure out how to put a message there and that was it....Now one more quick question concerning that....if this is a temporary redirect...then when I want to go back..I just remove the meta tag from the top right???? and it will go to the original page again?? This is asked in case I decide to eliminate the new page etc...Thanks a bunch to everyone for helping me out...Minx
posted on June 6, 2001 03:21:07 PM
If it's a temporary redirect, be sure to save a copy of your current page. Rename it something like page_old.html and keep it in the same directory (or wherever). Make a new file with the redirect information and give it the original name of your old file, like page.html (after you've renamed your old file so you don't lose any data), and your redirect will be set up.
When you want to get rid of the redirect just move your original file back to the original name. Voila!
