refresh redirect pages what different methods do people use in setting these up. Would appreciate some detailed information.
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refresh redirect pages what different methods do people use in setting these up. Would appreciate some detailed information.
The refresh/redirect meta tag is different from other meta tags in that it does not give search engines any information. Instead, its purpose is to redirect the visitor to a new web site after a certain amount of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by onlinemediadirect
I make used of this tag to redirect to other page,
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="X;URL=internet_address">
I do the same, with the value of "X" above being "0", which promotes an immediate redirect.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbonline
Is one of the other reasons for doing this that users are likely to click on a affiliate link and check on there internet browsers.
Or is that just us with the knowledge ?
- Always be sure to upload .htaccess files in ascii mode, sending it up as binary will break it (and usually make your server very, very unhappy.)
- .htaccess does not work if you're on a windows server.
- Make sure you triple check your changes. Clear your cache and look, test the server headers to make sure you see a 301 (that means its permanent) not a 302 (temporary) unless you are absolutely sure you really mean temporary.
- Since some operating systems don't allow you to make a file without something before the "." you may need to save it as something.htaccess, some may even have to save it as htaccess.txt and change it once you've uploaded it.
- Make sure your ftp program will show .htaccess files (FileZilla does and is free) It is a bit hard to edit something you can't see ;)
- Double check that you're not overwriting an old one (some servers already place one there for your custom 404 pages etc.)
- Make sure you replace example.com with your own sites URL.
htaccess does work on Windows Server 2008 and also on previous versions with the correct Isapi filter installed.
Rick
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