WHC

09-08-2004, 04:16 PM

Simple methods:

The PHP method forwards the request at the side of the server
and is fairly seamless to the viewer. Put this in a file and call it
<i>index.php</i> then upload to www.domain.com/folder/:

Code:

<?php
header("Location:http://www.domain.com/newfolder/");
?>

The same effect can also be acheived by using a html meta refresh
which loads the page in the browser then refreshes it and
forwards it to the new location after a specified amount of
time. In this case we'll set it at zero seconds so the user does not
get a large delay. Put this in a file called index.html and upload
to www.domain.com/folder/:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>redirecting...</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.domain.com/new-folder/">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">

</body>
</html>

In the above examples replace domain.com with the domain in
question and you can alter the URL's to suit your needs.

**whcdavid** · 09-08-2004, 06:48 PM

This is how http://webhostingchat.com/froum/ Works

09-08-2004, 07:03 PM

Yes, that's right. We use this script for our forums too.

**Pixelation** · 09-09-2004, 12:47 PM

You can use htaccess to do the same thing. I think cPanel uses htaccess to setup redirects.

05-12-2005, 10:04 PM

ok.. thaknsss

05-13-2005, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixelation

You can use htaccess to do the same thing. I think cPanel uses htaccess to setup redirects.

Yes, that's true! This is also a Search Engine Friendly method for
webpage redirection:

Create a .htaccess file (if does not exists) in your root directory.
Redirect permanent / http://www.new-url.com

I use this method very often.