At 9:16 AM -0400 6/25/98, Urb LeJeune wrote:
>> So is this what I would want to do if I wanted an "entry point" that
>> sent CSS capable browsers 'one way' and non-CSS browsers 'the other
>> way'?
>>
> It could also be done with a Java Script. In general, I prefer Perl
>since it's on the servers side and therefore universal. Not all browswers
>out there support JS>
Plus -- in this case the server will work faster than the client, I'm assuming.
>> I would have index.html that would call a perl script -- the perl script
>> would look at environmental variable (ie browser version) and use if
>> this/then that statements to go to index_css.html or index_non.html???
>>
>> Did I follow this right, Urb?
>>
> You got it. There is an environment variable called
>HTTP_USER_AGENT containing the browser information. If you want an idea
>of what is available to to:
>
>http://usats.com/env.html and click on the link. The internal link is:
>
><A HREF="/cgi-bin/env.pl?name=Urb&zip=08087
>
>so you see how variables are passed.
>
> The Perl code to accomplish redirection base on user's browser is
>trivial.
This will give me a chance to work on my Perl <g> .... I'll play with it
this weekend and then if it doesn't work , shout, ok?
Kathy
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