With Apache mod_rewrite is the best cause its at the server level not browser level. There is a similar tool that is like mod_rewrite for IIS also.
Mike D **************************************** Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. Michael Dittbrenner Systems Administrator http://www.StudyAbroad.com http://www.GradSchools.com A service of EDU, Inc... http://www.EDUdirectories.com A partner of EDU Internet Strategies: http://www.EDUInternetStrategies.com/ [Phone] 610-499-9200 [Fax] 610-499-9205 [E-mail] [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Bill Conlon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: meta refresh [OT maybe] See apache mod_rewrite http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html You might want to use the 301 Moved Permanently code in place of 302 redirect. Also, see the various threads on "no-cache" directives in headers. You may have issues with proxy servers that have cached the old content. On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 01:53 PM, Scott Cadillac wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > MS Internet Explorer has a Security setting to disable META REFRESH > (look > under Miscellaneous). > > HTML Meta tag redirects are generally ignored by Search engines. > > An actual HTTP redirect command (302) is more reliable than the Meta > tag > (and recognized by Search engines), but is still subject to the adopted > behavior and stability of the browser. > > Hope this helps.... > > Scott Cadillac > --------- > Business Extranet Freedom > IExtranet ~ http://IExtranet.com > Online Demo ~ http://www.northwind.org/#demo > --------- > Weblog ~ http://xmlx.ca > For Hire ~ http://xmlx.ca/forhire > --------- > 403-254-5002 ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------- > P.O. Box 69006 > RPO Bridlewood SW > Calgary, Alberta > Canada T2Y 4T9 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chuck Lockwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:31 PM >> To: WiTango-Talk >> Subject: Witango-Talk: meta refresh [OT maybe] >> >> Is there a surefire way to redirect to an alternate page, >> given all the platforms and browsers that exist? Does the >> meta below do the trick, 100% of the time? Are there browser >> setting that prohibit/warn about such things, if they're >> within the same domain? >> >> >> >> <head> >> >> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=New.html" /> >> >> </head> >> >> >> >> Chuck Lockwood >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> LockData Technologies, Inc. >> 309 Main Avenue, Hawley, Pa 18428 >> 570-226-7340 ~ Fax: 570-226-7341 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.lockdata.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> __________ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf >> > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
