Web Design: How do I get the browser to automatically redirect to another page if a certain condition is true?
Posted on December 19th, 2009 by admin
I know I need to use an if-statement but what do I need to use so that the browser redirects the user to another web page? Please help.
It depends on what you are trying to do.
If you are trying to make a site redirect, use Javascript to detect the user agent and redirect to your other site.
If you are trying to redirect a mobile device, you have to use PHP, because many mobile devices do not have Javascript enabled on them.
If you are just trying to redirect IE or a version of IE, use this:
<!–[if ie]><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.example.com/"><![endif]–>
I cannot provide the specific code we use where I work but if you google for ‘detect user agent’ and ‘redirect’ you should be able to come up with something.
December 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
It depends on what you are trying to do.
If you are trying to make a site redirect, use Javascript to detect the user agent and redirect to your other site.
If you are trying to redirect a mobile device, you have to use PHP, because many mobile devices do not have Javascript enabled on them.
If you are just trying to redirect IE or a version of IE, use this:
<!–[if ie]><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.example.com/"><![endif]–>
I cannot provide the specific code we use where I work but if you google for ‘detect user agent’ and ‘redirect’ you should be able to come up with something.
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Me : web developer
December 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
If its a blog like wordpress, choose a page redirect plugin
If your coding yourself, look in to w3c sites as they have all the data along with latest updates of browsers support.
Usually take ready themes, they are the fastest. I usually go for http://dailywptheme.com/
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