Thursday, 19 May 2011

Redirect a web page

Redirecting visitors from one page to another automatically isn't something you want to do too often. It should be used only when necessary because, if overused, search engines have been known to penalize a web site. It also tends to aggravate some people, the big babies.
Places to use a redirect page might include:
  1. When you remove a page or change a page name you can replace it with a redirect page so your visitor doesn't get a 404 error page.
  2. For an easy virtual "tour" of images. There are better ways, although they are more complicated.
  3. When you change your web site location, such as a move from a free host to another host or to your own domain.
  4. A thank you page after an order is submitted or form is filled out.
  5. When you just want to mess with people's heads. ;-)
Of course, there are many other reasons as well. If you can't think of any other reasons send me a dollar and I'll let it slide because my pet rock told me to play nice. Well—you can't argue with a pet rock, can you?

Redirect Code

Just paste this into the HEAD section of your HTML page:
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" 
 content="20; URL=http://www.boogiejack.com">

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