[WEB4LIB] Redirects to home page

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Yvonne,

I haven't used the inactivity timer that is part of Public Web Browser but
I believe it will do exactly that. 

http://teamsoftware.bizland.com/projects.htm

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




On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Yvonne Reynolds wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am hoping there is an easy way to do this.    We  are wanting to demo our website at a show.  The machine will be unattended and I am wanting to make sure that all pages will revert to the homepage if  no one activates a link for  3-5 mins.
> 
> The long way would be to put a redirect on every page of the site, but is there an easier way?   Can one prime a browser to "go home" if no activity takes place?   I know one can do this with kiosk applications, but perhaps they don't run regular browsers.
> 
> All suggestions most welcome.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Yvonne
> 
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