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Pe7e
23-09-2010, 03:13 PM
Here's one for the web wizards, I want to point my domain 'www.partydis.co' to one of my existing sites, I have 2 options #1 Framed web forwarding to a URL or a specific page. #2 Non Framed web forwarding to a URL or a specific page. Which is best? or are there any pitfalls in either to be aware of ?
DJWilson
23-09-2010, 03:42 PM
Put this in the head:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.examplesite.com">


and then it will redirecting to URL inserted
gaza
02-09-2011, 01:42 PM
Put this in the head:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.examplesite.com">


and then it will redirecting to URL inserted


I have done this and it does not redirect to the new site name. :confused:
Jiggles
02-09-2011, 02:02 PM
Have you made sure that the line of script is the only thing in the file? Also have you changed the link in the script also?
Marc J
02-09-2011, 02:32 PM
I have done this and it does not redirect to the new site name. :confused:

Either meta-redirects are disabled in your browser, or you might be viewing a cached version of the page. View the source of the page you see, make sure the code is there. Force a browser refresh using CTRL-F5, and try clearing your browser's cache if it's not.

EDIT: Is this on the moonfruit site in your sig? If so, that might be the cause...they might not let you edit the contents of the head to that extent...


Have you made sure that the line of script is the only thing in the file?

As long as the meta redirect is in the <head> portion, there can be as much or as little additional content as you like.
gaza
03-09-2011, 10:10 AM
Either meta-redirects are disabled in your browser, or you might be viewing a cached version of the page. View the source of the page you see, make sure the code is there. Force a browser refresh using CTRL-F5, and try clearing your browser's cache if it's not.

EDIT: Is this on the moonfruit site in your sig? If so, that might be the cause...they might not let you edit the contents of the head to that extent...



As long as the meta redirect is in the <head> portion, there can be as much or as little additional content as you like.


Marc
The Moonfruit site is the new one ( i will be transfering the domain name so the " moonfruit bit wont be on the end) i want ti redirect from the old site that has quite a good ranking at the moment.
i have checked the source on the page and it is showing the redirect text that i have added, perhaps i have put this text in the wrong place.
gaza
03-09-2011, 10:14 AM
Here is the source code as it looks now.


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">



<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Wedding DJ Disco Hire in, Watford, High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Harrow, Northwood, Bushey.</title><meta name="Keywords" content="&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;refresh&quot; content=&quot;0; url=http://www.soundsfantasticdisco.moonfruit.com&quot;&gt;

&lt;BODY&gt;
Optional page text here.
&lt;/BODY&gt;
&lt;/HTML&gt;

content=&quot;&lt;meta name=Mobile Disco, dj hire in watford, Amersham, Chesham, Harrow, Wedding Disco, based near Watford, Mobile DJ &amp; Disco Services for Weddings in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire ,London ,Berkhamsted, Bishop's Stortford, Borehamwood, Broxbourne, Bushey, Cheshunt, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Dunstable, Elstree, Harpenden, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, hoddesdon, Letchworth, Rickmansworth, St Albans, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford and Welyn Garden City&quot; /&gt;
Marc J
03-09-2011, 10:17 AM
The Moonfruit site is the new one ( i will be transfering the domain name so the " moonfruit bit wont be on the end) i want ti redirect from the old site that has quite a good ranking at the moment.

If you want to keep your rankings, a meta refresh is a bad idea. Look into using a 301 redirect (either via .htaccess or scripted e.g. PHP).


i have checked the source on the page and it is showing the redirect text that i have added, perhaps i have put this text in the wrong place.

Probably....is it between the <head> and </head> tags at the start of the file?

EDIT: Just seen your code....it's all wrong, you've encoded all the <, ", > etc...won't work. What you've probably done is pasted the code into a WYSIWYG editor's "design" pane. You need to paste it in the "code" bit.
gaza
03-09-2011, 10:29 AM
What do you mean " the code bit "

Thanks
Marc J
03-09-2011, 10:31 AM
What do you mean " the code bit "

What HTML editor are you using?
gaza
03-09-2011, 10:37 AM
i am just typing it into the Search Engine Optimization bit on the properties page on the office live page manager.
Marc J
03-09-2011, 10:42 AM
Read pasting HTML code above the body tag (http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/qna/t/10133.aspx).
gaza
03-09-2011, 10:46 AM
Thanks Marc, i will go and try that, thanks you.
gaza
03-09-2011, 11:08 AM
Done that, then cleared browser and tried again, still not directing to the moonfruit site:confused:
Marc J
03-09-2011, 12:16 PM
What's the site?
gaza
03-09-2011, 12:31 PM
its
www.soundsfantasticdisco.com
katman
03-09-2011, 12:34 PM
I concur with a previous comment. Your meta tags have been encoded to their HTML entities so they dont get recognised.
gaza
03-09-2011, 12:50 PM
right, i have changed a few thing now and when i click on here www.soundsfantasticdisco.com in the loading text down in the left hand corner ( the stuff you see when a website is being looked for or is loading) it says for a breif moment " waiting fow soundsfantasticdisco.moonfruit.com "
but you still end up seeing the same original website:confused:
Marc J
03-09-2011, 03:52 PM
The meta refresh is still encoded, looks like as part of the keywords meta tag. You might not be able to do this with the editor you have, see http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/qna/p/7625/18485.aspx