Redirects

At some point, you may want to have a navigation button link that will take the viewer to a page that is not included in your web site.  For example, you may want to allow a viewer jump to another one of your web sites, to a special password protected area, or to a search engine page.

You can redirect your viewer in one of two ways:

1.  Custom Navigation Bar

FrontPage 2002 allows you to create custom navigation bars that use the theme's buttons but that links to a page not included within your navigation structure.  This allows you to retain the same look and feel as your other pages.

Go to Insert / Navigation.  Select Link Bars from the menu and then select Bar with Custom Links.  In the next window, you will be able to select your current theme buttons and then enter the page name (which will appear on the button) and the URL location.  The button(s) will then be added to your navigation bar.  You can also see the special custom page within your Navigation View.  It will appear slightly grayed out to distinguish it from your normal navigation structure.

2.  Redirect a Single Page

Another alternative is to create a new page using the newpage.htm.  Give this new page a name and drag it into position within the navigation view.  Open the page and add the following bit of coding to the head of the page:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=first.htm">

• Content = 0 is the number of seconds to remain on the page before redirecting.

• URL = the location where you want your visitor to go.  Note that this can be a relative link such as first.htm or an absolute link such as http://www.yoursecondweb.com/nameofpage.htm

Older browsers are sometimes not able to redirect a page, so it is a good idea to type the following content on your page.

"You are being directed to an off-site location.  If your browser does not support this, please click here to go to the new page."