[thelist] REDIRECT in a hurry

Ron Dorman rwd at csi1st.net
Tue Apr 24 21:25:21 CDT 2001


jeff wrote:

> joe,
>
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> : From: Joe Crawford
> :
> : > <meta
> : >  http-equiv="Refresh"
> : >  content="1;URL=http://www.foo.com">
> :
> : Haven't tried that (and wouldn't want to
> : be tasked to time it), but zero (0) works.
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ... with the added benefit of the page being redirected to replacing the
> page with the redirect in the browser's history.  in other words, the user
> can back out of your site without getting stuck like a javascript onload
> redirect or a 1 or more second meta redirect.

yep, left the meta refresh in place because that was the last test I did.  All
works well.

I love this list.  Where else can you post a question you should know the
answer to, but can't pull it due to brain fry, and get solid solutions without
any heat.





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