Re: Redirect a web site

In article <gemini.jz5kai0029ica02s4.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ray Dawson
<URL:mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How can I redirect from one website to another, transparently?

Our church already has an established website, but we now have email
accounts with our broadband ISP. What I want to do is redirect any attempt
to access the new account web address to the existing one.

Can I do it by having an index.html with a simple command in, or is there
a more elegant way of doing it? What should the index.html contain?

This is trivial if you have access to the server and very nearly so if you
are stuck with htaccess files - you have been shown examples in the thread.

Scripts writing 301 redirect headers are a poor third option and refresh
headers an abhomination that will not be respected by all browsers.

( There is another option on a par with refresh btw: Set up a full-screen
frame to fetch your site and make sure the established site carries a
BASE TARGET="_top" header so it breaks out of the frame - include a
straight link in the noframes section.
)

-All- of the above trigger multiple fetches which add netlag.

Look at it from the other way around - what are you trying to do?
If, as seems likely, you are merely trying to catch those who read the
address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx email address and then attempt to find your
site by trimming it to www.account.broadband.isp then you have two other
options open to you.

The ultra simple stopgap:
Install a simple index.html on the broadband site with a one line
explanation, a link to the correct site and a noindex header. Visitors
will follow the link and understand their error.

The correct and permanent fix:
Issue all the users with email accounts on the established domain. On
your mailserver either redirect mail to the broadband servers or set up
downloads from pop accounts on your server. Set users email accounts to
send via the broadband smtp server but to fill the from and reply-to
headers with the appropriate incoming email account. This is
straightforward on all modern mail clients. Then, if ever you decide to
change providers, you keep the accounts unchanged and set up new redirects
- your correspondents need never know.

Oh, include the url -including- the http preface in your standard sig too.
Many will then be able to visit just by selecting it as a link.

Cheerio,

--
derek.moody@xxxxxxxxx

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