- From: Jan Eric Hellbusch <hellbusch@web.de>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:43:17 +0100
- To: "Rebecca Cox" <rebecca@cwa.co.nz>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Rebecca, if you want to redirect your visitors permanently (ie you have changed your file structure, deleted files ...) and are using an Apache server (majority of cases), just include the following line for each file in your .htaccess file on the server (root directory): RedirectPermanent /somePath/spmeFileName.htm http://www.yourDomain.de/newPath/newFileName.htm This will cause a server-side redirect without client interaction, thus avoiding meta or JavaScript redirects, which are dependent on the client software’s capability of understanding the code. The .htaccess file should be default be calleds by the server before anything is delivered to the client. .htaccess allows you to configure a number of server-side functions, including password protected access and server-side redirects. I’m sure that other server systems have similar functions. If you are doing redirects dependent on the client software or user’s behaviour, you will have to use server-side coding, ie PHP, ASP ... Prost Jan + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Tel.: +49 (0611) oder (0163) 3 36 99 25 Web: www.barrierefreies-webdesign.de -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]Im Auftrag von Rebecca Cox Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. März 2002 21:22 An: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Betreff: clarify "redirects" in checkpoint 7.5 I need some clarification of this ckeckpoint from WCAG: (7.5) "until user agents provide the ability to stop auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. Instead, configure the server to perform redirects." What I need to know is, what exactly does "configure the server to perform redirects" mean? There is very little detail in the WAI documents about this checkpoint. I'm working on something where the redirects happen server side, using standard server side coding, rather than configuring the server to perform redirects - I'm not totally sure whether this method is within the checkpoint or not. Cheers Rebecca Cox
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