Bookmark Redirect

[hicksjt webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I'm sure there are many ways to redirect a Web page. But what be the easiest and most efficient way to redirect a user who has an old web page bookmarked to a soon-to-be new web page that's placed in a different directory on the server. This goes for any page on the new website with old URLs.

[Dan Vendel *GOF*]

"hicksjt" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I'm sure there are many ways to redirect a Web page. But what be the easiest and most efficient way to redirect a user who has an old web page bookmarked to a soon-to-be new web page that's placed in a different directory on the server. This goes for any page on the new website with old URLs.
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Put this in the head section:
<meta http-equiv="refresh"
content="10;url=http://www.mysite.com/newpage.html">

The "10" is the time in seconds vefore the page changes.

Also, tell the user what will happen:

"The page has been changed/moved/updated and you will be directed to the
new page in a few seconds. If it doesn't work, click here and you'll be
directed immediatelly"

or something...

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[hicksjt webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks for you reply. I guess I'm having a hard time understanding but if users have their bookmarks setup to connect to:

[url]www.mysite.com/services.html[/url]

and I had a new directory structure that's setup to look like

[url]www.mysite.com/services/services.html[/url]

or something like that, would the meta tag still work? Becasue technically the tag is in the new HTML document while users have their bookmarks connected to the old web pages.

[Dan Vendel *GOF*]

"hicksjt" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

>
> Thanks for you reply. I guess I'm having a hard time understanding but if users have their bookmarks setup to connect to:
>
> [url]www.mysite.com/services.html[/url]
>
> and I had a new directory structure that's setup to look like
>
> [url]www.mysite.com/services/services.html[/url]
>
> or something like that, would the meta tag still work? Becasue technically the tag is in the new HTML document while users have their bookmarks connected to the old web pages.
>

No, you misunderstand (or I wasn't clear...)
You *must* keep a page at [url]http://www.mysite.com/services.html[/url]
In that page, you put the tag
<meta http-equiv="refresh"
content="10;url=http://www.mysite.com/services/services.html">
plus the explanation so that the user knows what's about to happen, and
that he should make a new bookmark, etc.
OTH: If your host allows, you can have the server re-direct
automatically. When someone tries to get the old URL, he'll just end up
at the new, without that extra page. Check with your host if it's possible.

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[Dario de Judiicibus]

You can do what you want by using a redirect instruction in your .htaccess file. For example, to redirect all your pages to a single page that can then decide where to send the visitor, you have to create a .htaccess file like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^www.old_domain.com/(.+) http://www.new_domain.com/redirect.php?page=$1 [R=301,NC,L]

This is the most general approach, in case the two sites have NOT the same structure, otherwise it is easier:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^www.old_domain.com/(.+) http://www.new_domain.com/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

but in such a case you need to maintain the same structure.