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meta refresh

how would the code look like

         

Ove

9:11 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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how would the code look like
If i would tempory would like to move
www.bla.com to www.blaha.com
with meta refresh

/Ove

chris_f

9:14 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh
CONTENT="3; URL=http://www.blaha.com/">

This would transfer the page to www.blaha.com after 3 seconds.

bufferzone

9:15 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hi Ove

I trust you know what this would do to your SE placement, I would recommend two alternativs.

1. Use javascript redirect
2. make a fremeset with one framepage. The frameset url would be www.bla.com/index.htm and the framepage would be www.blabla.com. Remember to use the noframes section of the frameset page

regards

pageoneresults

9:16 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hello Ove. I'm not too sure that you want to use this method of refreshing. I'm sure others will offer more explicit advice.

<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="10; URL=http://www.htmlhelp.com/">

tells the browser to load http //www htmlhelp.com/ 10 seconds after the current document has finished loading. Not all browsers support this, so authors should provide an alternate means of moving to the new page where necessary. The Refresh header is sometimes used for "splash screens" or when a page has moved, but the technique is not very effective since users may not even be looking at the window that is to be refreshed and since it messes up the user's history on many browsers. Some search engines penalize pages that use a Refresh of a few seconds or less.

pageoneresults

9:16 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Wouldn't it be safer to set up a custom 404?

Ove

9:16 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Thanks
Buffer i know what it means its just temporary a few days

/Ove

pageoneresults

9:17 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Whoa! 3 Answers in 3 Minutes! Unbelievable. Where else but at Webmaster World! And I just made Senior Member. Now I can get some sleep...

Ove

9:20 am on Apr 9, 2002 (gmt 0)

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They have moved hosting company and are programming from asp to php and they have not payed for asp support
and there are some db sites that not work
but it will be finish in a few days
This place is so greate and quick

/Ove

joshie76

12:54 pm on Apr 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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<head> 
<script>
document.location.replace('http://newurl');
</script>
</head>
<body>
This domain has been temporarily moved to <a href='http://newurl'>http://newurl</a>. Click the link if you are not redirected. There is no need to update your bookmarks.
</body>

This might solve most problems.

- It won't screw up the browser history (because of the replace method).
- If JavaScript is turned off they can click the link.
- Spiders can still see the URL as it's a link in the page.

richlowe

4:57 pm on Apr 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hi, a question: why and how does the meta refresh effect search engine results? I would think this would be good, telling the engines where the new page was.

Also, I tend to use .htaccess redirects, which are completely transparent and handled on the server side. Any experience with this?