[WEB4LIB] RE: Browser Back Button Failure - examples needed

[Andrew Mutch]

I would just add that while you are waiting on your webmaster, you should add
a link to the redirect page for those browsers who fail to recognize the META
tag redirect - otherwise, you'll be leaving your visitors in no link limbo!

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

>
> Don't assume that all browsers are so brain dead as to let their back
> buttons fail in such an obvious situation.
>
> I agree with Kevin Sullivan--tell your webmaster to get on the stick and
> perform the redirect with a proper HTTP header and status.  As long as the
> "wrong" page returns a 200 OK status, web robots will index it, and they
> will not necessarily follow redirects via META tags.
>
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu