How can I automatically forward a visitor to another page?

  • Thread starter Testing testing one two
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Testing testing one two

Hi
I would like a link on a page (Page A) to open another page (Page B) which
automatically opens another page (Page C).
What I'm trying to do is hide the target address of page C from people who
visit page A.

i.e Page A - www.mysite.com
Page B - www.mysite.com/tos.html
Page C - www.the-other-site.com

This all might seem like a waste of time but there is a reason.
Cheers for any help.

John
 
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Steve Easton

Use a meta refresh tag in the head section of tos.html that automatically opens
www.the-other-site.com

Place this between the head tags.

<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.the-other-site.com/">

Content ="0 is the number of seconds delay before www.the-other-site.com opens.

In this case it is zero seconds.

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Jon Spivey

I'd recommend against meta refresh.
1/ search engines dont like them - if the page in question has moved for
good a server redirect would be a better idea
2/ they don't work for users - user hits back he ends up on the meta page
and is redirected again and is stuck in an endless loop. A better answer
would be
<script type="text/javascript">
location.replace('http://www.page.com.page.htm');
</script>
<noscript>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.the-other-site.com/">
</noscript>

Bottom line - any redirect should ideally come from the server. If it can't
for any reason at least don't mess with the users back button.
 
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Jim Buyens

Howdy.

Any such scheme is futile. Once Page C is on display, the
visitor can simply right-click it, choose properties, and
read off the address. They can also right-click the page
and add into Favorites.

OK, you can trap right-clicks, but there are ways of
beating that as well.

I assume your reason for asking this question relates to
security. If so, please describe your objective.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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