[Web-Development] REFRESH, REDIRECT, ... which?

[Dave Lundy]

On Mon, June 4, 2007 10:11 am, chuck nc8q wrote:
> This SIG does not seem to be listed at
> http://dma.org/sigs.shtml
> -----
> I am trying to gather some information on who is visiting my web site.
>
> I have a .php program that does this whenever someone loads my default page.
>
> I would like to redirect/refresh their browser so that it will only load the
> [main] default page once per [hour,day] and then all other default page
> loads
> will be from another [default] HTML file.  I want the .php to run once
> per visit
> and not to run again during the current session(s).
>
>  I am using the
> <meta http-equiv="REFRESH"
> content="0;url=http://www.the-domain-you-want-to-redirect-to.com">
> now.  However I see a warning about this breaking the 'back' button.
> I think I know why some web sites won't let me leave by suing the 'back'
> button. :-|
>
> Regards, Chuck


Chuck,

It's not listed in the SIGs page because it isn't a SIG - at least not yet. 
For now, it's only a mailing list.  If you or any other list member has an
interest in leading a SIG it could become one.

As for your question regarding refresh vs. redirect, I'll leave that to
someone else to answer.

Finally, please post messages using the address you used when subscribing to
the list.  You're lucky it got posted.  Most of our lists are configured to
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