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A redirect is a set of instructions to the server to
automatically send the site visitor to a new URL defined
in the redirect. It is useful for getting site visitors
to your pages after the directory or page name has
changed.
It avoids the site visitor getting a "404 Page
Not Found" when using an old bookmark or a link
referencing the former page name. The redirect can
be
set to process immediately, or put on a timer delay
in order to display a message that the site has moved
as well as its new location. As we move to dynamic
page content, our home page names are changing from
index.html
to index.shtm. The redirect ensures that site visitors
will be able to get to the new pages.
- The webmaster creates a redirect
and names it the same as the old page that has been
moved.
The redirect causes the server to direct the visitor
to the new location.
- The site visitor benefits from
the redirect by not getting the "404 Page
Not Found" error.
Assume the old home page was named index.html and that
the new page is now named index.shtm. Make a new
page
for the redirect named index.html (same as the old
page name.) For the non-techies among us, just use
the following
code, changing the links and names to your school/office
URL Web address.
For those wanting to understand the mechanics of how
it works, read on. You can make a redirect almost
invisible
by setting the content variable to 0. Optionally, you
can display a message announcing the change and ask
visitors to update their bookmarks. To do this, increase
the value of the content variable number to pause
for
a specified number of seconds to display a message
and the new URL. After the delay, the auto-redirect
occurs.
The meta tag does the work here. The text and link
in the body are optional.
<html>
<head>
<title>This page has moved...</title>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5;
URL=http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/brookhavenes/index.shtm">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p><font size="5"><b>The
Brookhaven ES site has moved to</b></font></p>
<p><font size="5"><b><a
href="http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/brookhavenes/index.shtm">
http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/brookhavenes/index.shtm</a></b></font></p>
<p>Please update your links to reflect this change.<br>
If you are not automatically redirected to the new page,
please click the link
above. </p>
</body>
</html>
When viewed in a browser window, the site visitor will
see the following for five seconds, and then be sent
to
the new page at index.shtm.
The Brookhaven ES
site has moved to
http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/brookhavenes/index.shtm
Please update your links to reflect
this change.
If you are not automatically redirected to the new page,
please click the link above.
Contact the Web Services Team at webmaster@mcpsmd.org
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