META redirect

[IveCal]

Hello, I have this code which redirects to
http://www.domain.com/link.html . . . but I want to specify the NUMBER
OF SECONDS before the site is redirected. Can somebody here help me . .
..

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">
PLEASE HELP. Thanks.

[Barbara de Zoete]

On Wed, 17 May 2006 11:55:33 +0200, IveCal <iv*****@gmail. com> wrote:

I have this code which redirects to
http://www.domain.com/link.html . . . but I want to specify the NUMBER
OF SECONDS before the site is redirected. Can somebody here help me . .
.

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">

Had you Googled
<URL:http://www.google.com/search?q=meta+r edirect+OR+refr esh> within the
first few results you would have found:
<URL:http://www.htmlhelp.or g/reference/html40/head/meta.html> and
<URL:http://www.seologic.co m/faq/meta-refresh-tag.php>

Both have good information.
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[Andreas Prilop]

On 17 May 2006, IveCal wrote:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">

Don't do that!
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/reback

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[David E. Ross]

Andreas Prilop wrote:

On 17 May 2006, IveCal wrote:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">

Don't do that!
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/reback

While you are generally correct, I have an intance where the Refresh is
indeed the only way I know to accomplish what I want.

I want to create and display a formatted index of all my Web pages as an
HTML Web page, on the fly. I have an SSI script that creates the Web
page. However, to execute that script, a Web page that refers to it
must first be served by the server.

The user requests my <http://www.rossde.com/get_index.html> . This
displays a page telling the visitor to wait but that, if a new page does
not load soon, select the Go button.

<http://www.rossde.com/get_index.html> causes SSI script get_index.ksh
to execute, creating file index_list.html .
<http://www.rossde.com/get_index.html> also contains
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1;
URL=http://www.rossde.com/index_list.html ">
This then causes the generated <http://www.rossde.com/index_list.html >
to replace <http://www.rossde.com/get_index.html> in the browser window.

The 1 sec delay is to ensure that the script has indeed closed the
generated file before that file is served. However, I suspect that the
handling of SSI scripts by Apache would ensure that the file is closed
before even <http://www.rossde.com/get_index.html> loads.

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Andreas Prilop wrote:

On 17 May 2006, IveCal wrote:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">

Don't do that!
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/reback

While you are generally correct, I have an intance where the Refresh is
indeed the only way I know to accomplish what I want.

A regular link will work. If you want the first page 'replaced', a simple
way is to use javascript.

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[Toby Inkster]

David E. Ross wrote:

While you are generally correct, I have an intance where the Refresh is
indeed the only way I know to accomplish what I want.
As Jukka would say, "then stop wanting that".
I want to create and display a formatted index of all my Web pages as an
HTML Web page, on the fly. I have an SSI script that creates the Web
page. However, to execute that script, a Web page that refers to it
must first be served by the server.

This sounds liek a very roundabout way of displaying an index. Better to
link directly to index_list.html and include all of get_index.ksh's login
into it.

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[David E. Ross]

Toby Inkster wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:

While you are generally correct, I have an intance where the Refresh is
indeed the only way I know to accomplish what I want.

As Jukka would say, "then stop wanting that".

I want to create and display a formatted index of all my Web pages as an
HTML Web page, on the fly. I have an SSI script that creates the Web
page. However, to execute that script, a Web page that refers to it
must first be served by the server.

This sounds liek a very roundabout way of displaying an index. Better to
link directly to index_list.html and include all of get_index.ksh's login
into it.

Before I saw your reply, I starting thinking along similar lines.
Instead of generating a complete HTML file and then using Refresh to
load that file, why not merely generate the body of the HTML file that
contains the SSI include statement. It works!! (Of course, I still
have to test it from other computers.)

No, I could not use JavaScript. While I can easily create UNIX Korn
scripts (I can almost think in UNIX Korn), I don't know JavaScript.

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[Toby Inkster]

Toby Inkster wrote:

... sounds liek a...
like. :-(
get_index.ksh's login into it.

logic. :-(

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[pegasusflightresources]

IveCal wrote:

Hello, I have this code which redirects to
http://www.domain.com/link.html . . . but I want to specify the NUMBER
OF SECONDS before the site is redirected. Can somebody here help me . .
.

<meta http-equiv="Refresh"
content="4;url= http://www.domain.com/link.html">
PLEASE HELP. Thanks.

As some in this topic have said, you could use a script instead, like:

<script type="javascrip t">
function timer()
{
setTimeout("red irect()", 4000);
//This will set the time until the redirect happens to 4 seconds, as
JavaScript uses milliseconds
}
function redirect()
{
location.href = "http://www.whateveryou rwebpageis.com" ;
}

For this to work off of the loading of the page, you can just modify
the <body> element to look like this:
<body allofyourattrib utes onLoad="timer() ;">

Just replace 'allofyourattri butes with the normal attributes of body.
This should have your page wait for 4 seconds after it is loaded to
redirect to your web page.

THIS IS JUST AN OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE!

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THIS IS JUST AN OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE!

You misspelled "yet another wrong answer". But thanks for SHOUTING: it is
such a clear indication of not making a useful contribution.