Re: [PLUG] plug web page url

["Michael C. Toren" <mct@netaxs.com>]

> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> 
> >My concern is links from other sites, of which there are quite a few.  
> >Currently, nobody has any reason to update their links from the old URL to
> >the newer, easier to remember URL.  The whole point of setting up the new
> >domain was so that when people see it, they will be able to remember it
> >better.  If it's not used, people still aren't going to remember where the
> >plug web page is as much.
> 
> A couple of ideas:
> 
> You could use a refresh on each page or the http status indicator for
> "Moved" (I forget what the numerical code is).  Of course, this slightly
> breaks the "Back" button on the user's browser.

That's what the Redirect is :-)  It doesn't break the "back" button,
though, or at least not with Netscape.  Maybe you're thinking of the
HTML Meta Refresh tags?

-mct