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netsavy006
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23 Jun 2010, 3:31 pm

How can I make so that when someone visits my old blog (http://schizoaffectiveandy.blogspot.com/) it automatically takes them to my new blog (http://andyssurviving.net)?



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23 Jun 2010, 3:51 pm

netsavy006 wrote:
How can I make so that when someone visits my old blog (http://schizoaffectiveandy.blogspot.com/) it automatically takes them to my new blog (http://andyssurviving.net)?


Use the HTML refresh meta tag within the <head> section of the old site, with 0 seconds time delay and with the new site URL:

<head>
...
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://andyssurviving.net">
</head>



izmyaspieshowin
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23 Jun 2010, 3:59 pm

Yup, that is the best way, however, if that doesn't work (some sites and hosts it doesn't) I would write this in the code on your old homepage (the closer to the top the better):

<scr1pt type="text/javascript">
window.location.href='http://andyssurviving.net';
</scr1pt>

just replace the 1 in script tags with an i, since this board won't allow script tag.



netsavy006
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23 Jun 2010, 4:06 pm

It worked. Thanks...



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25 Jun 2010, 5:38 pm

Even better would be to use one of the methods described here: http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

A so-called "301 redirect" tells visiting search engines that the site has permanently moved to another location, having search engines know this is a good thing ;-)