Redirect page on remote web host when local server is offline

[buzzme]

Hope some one can help . I have my web site hosted on powweb (my remote web host)and I want a user to be redirected when they access my local server through a link on my remote web site to another page on my remote web site when my local server is offline . I trust this makes sense and all replies welcome .

[edited by: jdMorgan at 9:14 pm (utc) on July 29, 2006]
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[jdMorgan]

Well, the problem here is that the server that would normally need to do the 'redirect' will be offline.

So the alternative is to write a script using PERL or PHP, and call that script (using mod_rewrite, for example) instead of the page on your home server. The script would then use an HTTP Library function (see libWWW-PERL) to check the status of your home server, and if it is active, redirect or proxy the request to it. If the home server is off-line, then redirect or proxy the request to the local server.

This may be trivial if you're an expert in scripting and HTTP Libraries, but might make a 5-day project if you're just starting. Since I'm not an expert in either, that's all I can offer.

Jim