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I have read that sites should not have redirects. I know I should know this,
but what is a redirect? I have click "here" at the bottom of some of my
pages to take them to the next page, is that a redirect?
Thanks so much,
Susie
 
You click on a link to page A and you wind up on page B because when page A
loads it redirects you to page B. Don' do dat.
 
back back back back ok maybe.


| Ah but, but....
|
| It makes using the back button so much fun.
|
| ;-)
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| Steve Easton
| Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| FP Cleaner
| http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| Hit Me FP
| http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
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| | > You click on a link to page A and you wind up on page B because when
page A loads it
| > redirects you to page B. Don' do dat.
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| > --------------
| > MVP FrontPage
| >
| >
| > | >> No, you're "Click here" is not a redirect, it's simply a link.
| >>
| >> A redirect is coded into the page and the user doesn't do or click
anything.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Steve Easton
| >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >> FP Cleaner
| >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| >> Hit Me FP
| >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| >>
| >>
| >> | >>>I have read that sites should not have redirects. I know I should know
this,
| >>> but what is a redirect? I have click "here" at the bottom of some of
my
| >>> pages to take them to the next page, is that a redirect?
| >>> Thanks so much,
| >>> Susie
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
I think there are situations where a redirect is the proper thing to do.

For example, if the desired page has been moved to a different site the
redirect will take the visitor to the proper location. Some webmasters
don't bother to periodically validate the links on their site and send
people off to obsolete urls. The redirect helps to minimize this problem.
 
Thank you Steve and Murray!

Murray said:
You click on a link to page A and you wind up on page B because when page A
loads it redirects you to page B. Don' do dat.
Click to expand...
 
I got out just in time.

Say, while we are on the topic...you know when you Google something and you
then go to that page and get trapped? Back button doesn't work...how do they
do that? I just hate when they do that. Was just wondering how.



| Man! One more and you'da been hooked....
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| --
| Murray
| --------------
| MVP FrontPage
|
|
| | > back back back back ok maybe.
| >
| >
| > | > | Ah but, but....
| > |
| > | It makes using the back button so much fun.
| > |
| > | ;-)
| > |
| > | --
| > | Steve Easton
| > | Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | FP Cleaner
| > | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| > | Hit Me FP
| > | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | > You click on a link to page A and you wind up on page B because when
| > page A loads it
| > | > redirects you to page B. Don' do dat.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Murray
| > | > --------------
| > | > MVP FrontPage
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | >> No, you're "Click here" is not a redirect, it's simply a link.
| > | >>
| > | >> A redirect is coded into the page and the user doesn't do or click
| > anything.
| > | >>
| > | >> --
| > | >> Steve Easton
| > | >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | >> FP Cleaner
| > | >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| > | >> Hit Me FP
| > | >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >> | > | >>>I have read that sites should not have redirects. I know I should
| > know
| > this,
| > | >>> but what is a redirect? I have click "here" at the bottom of some
| > of
| > my
| > | >>> pages to take them to the next page, is that a redirect?
| > | >>> Thanks so much,
| > | >>> Susie
| > | >>
| > | >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
But then you would do this redirect server-side, and that's OK to do since
the local browser is unaware of it, and the page doing the redirection never
gets added to the history queue.

I do that frequently with .htaccess, or with ISAPIRewrite....
 
I'm not sure how that happens in those cases. It will surely happen with a
meta refresh redirect, since the page that is redirecting is in the history
queue. Press the back button, you go back to the page, and bam you are
redirected again.... But I'm pretty sure they are not doing it that way.
 
Makes sense technically...in any event it's nasty and annoying.


| Yep.
|
| --
| Steve Easton
| Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| FP Cleaner
| http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| Hit Me FP
| http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
|
| | > Ew.
| >
| > --
| > Murray
| > --------------
| > MVP FrontPage
| >
| >
| > | >> One way is by using the JavaScript onblur() event
| >>
| >> onblur is when the browser senses that the window is being minimized,
or closed.
| >> It's used to fire a script which reloads the page.
| >>
| >> Can also be done with onunload()
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> Steve Easton
| >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >> FP Cleaner
| >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| >> Hit Me FP
| >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| >>
| >>
message
| >> | >>>I got out just in time.
| >>>
| >>> Say, while we are on the topic...you know when you Google something
and you
| >>> then go to that page and get trapped? Back button doesn't work...how
do they
| >>> do that? I just hate when they do that. Was just wondering how.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> | >>> | Man! One more and you'da been hooked....
| >>> |
| >>> | --
| >>> | Murray
| >>> | --------------
| >>> | MVP FrontPage
| >>> |
| >>> |
message
| >>> | | >>> | > back back back back ok maybe.
| >>> | >
| >>> | >
| >>> | > | >>> | > | Ah but, but....
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > | It makes using the back button so much fun.
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > | ;-)
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > | --
| >>> | > | Steve Easton
| >>> | > | Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >>> | > | FP Cleaner
| >>> | > | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| >>> | > | Hit Me FP
| >>> | > | http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > | | >>> | > | > You click on a link to page A and you wind up on page B
because when
| >>> | > page A loads it
| >>> | > | > redirects you to page B. Don' do dat.
| >>> | > | >
| >>> | > | > --
| >>> | > | > Murray
| >>> | > | > --------------
| >>> | > | > MVP FrontPage
| >>> | > | >
| >>> | > | >
| >>> | > | > | >>> | > | >> No, you're "Click here" is not a redirect, it's simply a
link.
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >> A redirect is coded into the page and the user doesn't do or
click
| >>> | > anything.
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >> --
| >>> | > | >> Steve Easton
| >>> | > | >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >>> | > | >> FP Cleaner
| >>> | > | >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
| >>> | > | >> Hit Me FP
| >>> | > | >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >> | >>> | > | >>>I have read that sites should not have redirects. I know I
should
| >>> | > know
| >>> | > this,
| >>> | > | >>> but what is a redirect? I have click "here" at the bottom
of some
| >>> | > of
| >>> | > my
| >>> | > | >>> pages to take them to the next page, is that a redirect?
| >>> | > | >>> Thanks so much,
| >>> | > | >>> Susie
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >>
| >>> | > | >
| >>> | > | >
| >>> | > |
| >>> | > |
| >>> | >
| >>> | >
| >>> |
| >>> |
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
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