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Redirect a Web Page

Task:

I have an old page that everyone links to and I want to forward them to my new page.

How to do it:

Using a simple META Refresh tag, you can automatically forward someone's web browser to your new page.

Note: If your web site is not on your Auburn account, you can use this to forward people who find your Auburn web space from the University Directory.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the web page that you want to forward from in an HTML editor.

  2. Switch the view of the HTML editor so that you can edit the HTML of the page.

  3. At the top of the code, find the lines for <HEAD> ... </HEAD>.

  4. Place the below code somewhere between these two statements.

    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5; URL=http://www.auburn.edu/~username/filename.html">

    Note: The method of redirecting will break the back button, forcing a visitor to press it twice to return from your new page to the previous page.

    Note: Optionally, you can put a message that says something like "My page has moved to a new location. You will be forwarded there in 5 seconds."

  5. Change username to your AU User Name and filename.html to the name of the page that you want to forward your visitors to.

  6. Change the time interval to your liking by changing the value for CONTENT. By default, your visitor will be forwarded in 5 seconds. You can set the time interval to "0" for an instant forward.

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