redirect code needed

nicorlino · Oct 31, 2003

hi ya'll,
i don't know any html, could somebody please post some code so i can put a index.html file into the www.something.com directory that will redirect the user to www.something.com/forum?
best regards and thanks a lot in advance
nico

DeCal · Oct 31, 2003

Put this in the head tag!

<script language="JavaScript">document.location.href="http://www.site.com/forum"</script>

Hope it helps!

nicorlino · Oct 31, 2003

thanks a lot decal, problem has been resolved, mods can close this thread!
best regards
nico

WebCat · Oct 31, 2003

Uh....... wouldn't this be better done at the dns level?

It seems that relying on javascript to redirect would create problems when people surf with javascript deactivated.

nicorlino · Oct 31, 2003

any ideas webcat?
best regards
nico

Spider · Oct 31, 2003

You could just use an .htaccess file as well to redirect.

nicorlino · Oct 31, 2003

how does that work?
i am not all that technical!
best regards
nico

Spider · Oct 31, 2003

Create a file called .htaccess and put this in the root of wherever your index file would be. On the top line use.

Redirect /index.html http://somewhere.com/forum.php

Of course you change index to whatever you are redirecting and the other portion to where you want it to go.

Spider · Oct 31, 2003

some links.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/htaccess.html
http://www.arachnonet.com/_htaccess_faq.html

DeCal · Oct 31, 2003

the problem with re directs like this is that it isn't good if your optimising you site for search engines.

dmyre · Oct 31, 2003

You can also try this redirect. It will allow for meta tags...

<html>
<head>
<title>something.com</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.something.com/forum/">
</head>

</html>

nicorlino · Nov 1, 2003

thanks to all for your help!
best regards
nico

Anthony Ng · Nov 1, 2003

Yes, I would recommend using a .htaccess file for this. It is quick in loading (unlike the refresh metatag) and good even for people who disable Javascript (although frankly these people can't really go far). Actually, EVERY hosted domain should have such a file in its root for better site management e.g. a custom 404 error, etc.

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