[WEB4LIB] Re: Redirecting a website

[Patricia F Anderson]

Hi, Larry,

I am a big fan of Nielsen, and not-breaking-the-back button, which is why
I always set a delay when I use this technique. With a delay, the user can
click the back button twice, and still get back to where they were. The
page you recommend gives the following URL as a source for instructions on
how to implement the HTTP version of a redirect:

<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3>

but this did not give an example of the real code. Not all of us have
sysadmin access to our servers, so the meta tag is all I know of that I am
sure I can do myself. Thanks for the information on the web page, though.
If you have an example of the proper code, that would be even better!

Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Scritchfield, Larry wrote:

> Patricia,
>
> This is not a good technique. See
>
> http://www.w3.org/2001/06tips/reback
>
> Larry Scritchfield
> lscritch at mail.co.washoe.nv.us
> Internet Services Librarian                             (775) 327-8349
> Washoe County Library System                      www.washoe.lib.nv.us
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Patricia F Anderson [SMTP:pfa at umich.edu]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:48 AM
> > To:	Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Re: Redirecting a website
> >
> > Most editing software will allow you to do a global find and replace
> > throughout all files in a directory, or embedded subdirectories. I would
> > find a line of text which is in all the files, and do a find and replace
> > which includes the line of code for the meta tag to redirect. There are a
> > zillion examples on the web. here was the top hit in Google for "meta tag
> > redirect". Good luck! -- Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu
> >
> > Using the Meta Tag "Refresh" to Redirect to a Different URL
> > <http://www.indiana.edu/~wmhome/tool_guide_info/refresh_metatag.shtml>
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 wl-mw at msln.net wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Due to circumstances beyond my control, our website is now on a new
> > server with
> > > a new domain name. I need to redirect from the old site to the new one
> > and am
> > > wondering if there is a way to do it without having to edit over 250
> > webpages.
> > > I would also like users to simply _be_ redirected, seamlessly, not to
> > have to
> > > read a message telling them where to go to find the new site. Thanks.
> > >
> > > ~ Molly Wms.
> > > --
> > > Molly Williams
> > > Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library, Maine
> > > ** NEW URL: http://www.waterborolibrary.org/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>