Automatic redirect to another URL

Bob Richardson · Sep 30, 2004

Part of our web is hosted at another site. Linking from our Home Page to
that site is easy, as I just use a hyperlink to http://www.theirweb.com/MFA

Thus users must come to our site at www.mydomain.org and then click on the
hyperlink.

I would like to allow users to go directly to that site if they enter the
URL www.mydomain.org/MFA

TIA

Kevin Spencer · Sep 30, 2004

This could be done with JavaScript and/or a META refresh tag.

JavaScript (EXAMPLE):

<script type="text/javascript"></script>

META Refresh (EXAMPLE):
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="1; URL=http://www.theirweb.com/MFA">

In the META tag, the CONTENT attribute is the number of seconds to delay.
The URL is the URL to redirect to.

If you use JavaScript, there will be no delay. However, some people don't
have JavaScript turned on. So, it might be best to use both.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

Bob Richardson · Sep 30, 2004

We need to allow users to enter the URL of www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa

Thus, I've set up a folder in my web called MFA and I have a file in there
called default.htm.

When I go there, I only see a blank page that blinks every second.

Here's that default.htm file:

<html>

<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="1;
URL="http://wiwa.bigmindcatalyst.com/cgi/bmc.pl?page=pubpg.html&node=1553"/>
<title>WIWA MFA</title>
</head>

<body>

</body>

Something's not quite right

Bob Richardson · Oct 1, 2004

It's working correctly now. I had an extra quotation mark

Thank you very much for your help.

Kevin Spencer · Oct 1, 2004

Looks to me like the target page is redirecting back to that one.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

Kevin Spencer · Oct 1, 2004

Aha! I missed that. Good eyes, Bob!

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

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