go to url w/ delay

[herod2221 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

the address of my site changed, and i want to put an automatic redirection on the old page (so that the user has enough time to note the change, but doesn't actually click a link)

i've been playing w/ the Go to URL behavior but am having trouble figuring out how to create a delay instead of an immediate jump (i don't know java, so i'm kind of fiddling blindly).

i would like the page to wait 5 seconds before automatically jumping to the new site.
any suggestions are much appreciated.

kenny

[Alan Ames]

use the Meta Refresh tag on the page(s) at the old domain

Insert-->Head Tags-->Refresh.

enter the full address- and the delay in seconds.
Upload the file and check it.

Advantage- it doesn't require javascript to be on.
Also- search engines will detect the refresh- and scan the new site for
links maybe.

> the address of my site changed, and i want to put an automatic redirection on
> the old page (so that the user has enough time to note the change, but doesn't
> actually click a link)
>
> i've been playing w/ the Go to URL behavior but am having trouble figuring out
> how to create a delay instead of an immediate jump (i don't know java, so i'm
> kind of fiddling blindly).
>
> i would like the page to wait 5 seconds before automatically jumping to the
> new site.
> any suggestions are much appreciated.
>
> kenny
>
>
>

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[Michael Fesser]

Alan Ames wrote:

>use the Meta Refresh tag on the page(s) at the old domain
>
>Advantage- it doesn't require javascript to be on.

Disadvantage: It's an abuse of the meta-refresh which is only meant for
refreshing _the same_ page, not for redirecting.

The only correct way is a server-side redirect with the HTTP-code 301
"Moved Permanently". This can be done with a .htaccess-file for example.

[url]http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4[/url]
"Some user agents support the use of META to refresh the current page after
a specified number of seconds, with the option of replacing it by a
different URI. Authors should not use this technique to forward users to
different pages, as this makes the page inaccessible to some users.
Instead, automatic page forwarding should be done using server-side
redirects."

>Also- search engines will detect the refresh- and scan the new site for
>links maybe.

I doubt it. A search engine will most likely ignore the meta-refresh.

Micha