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author: mike foskett incept: 19th May 2009

last update: 2nd February 2010

A collection of permanent redirect scripts in various languages.

(X)HTML version

Uses a meta refresh URL redirect:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <title>Redirecting</title>
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://websemantics.co.uk/">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

The problem with this is that it isn't search engine friendly and the back button is broken.

Personally I'd add actual content to this page. Well at least a h1 heading and a paragraph explaining the page has moved and a link where to.


<h1>Page has moved</h1>
<p>
	It now resides here:
	<a href="http://websemantics.co.uk/">
		Page title
	</a>
</p>

Javascript version

In Javascript the best method is to use the location replace as it doesn't break the back button:


location.replace('http://websemantics.co.uk/');

Again the problem is that it isn't search engine friendly.

PHP version

The use of a 301 response in the header


<?php
  header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
  header( "Location: http://websemantics.co.uk/" );
?>

ASP version


<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
  Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"
  Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://websemantics.co.uk/"
%>

ASPX (.net) version


 <%@ Page Language = "C#" %>
 <script runat = "server">
    private void Page_Load ( object sender, System.EventArgs e ) {
      Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
      Response.AddHeader("Location","http://websemantics.co.uk/");
    }
  </script>

If you have any alternate redirects, especially in other laguages, why not email me or post them below for inclusion?

Have your say…

1

Dan

02 12 2009

Can I use

header("HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect");

or not?

2

mike foskett replies:

16 12 2009

Sorry Dan.
It should of read Permanant Redirects. I've amended the content.
As to the temporary redirect? Usable but not recommended for permanant redirection.

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