Meta Refresh

I've just completed a site redesign and was going to use a 301 redirect from the old pages to their equivalent new ones. However, I've been told that I can't do this because I'm on a Windows Server.

Therefore, my coder has used meta refresh which I am now reading is a bad thing.

Is this true and what, if any, other options do I have for redirecting the old pages?

 

Of course you can make a 301 redirection on IIS, but you have to have access to the server.

Check out this thread : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=15717

 

Edit: that was fast, Dji-man

Padawan, stay away from meta refresh - it is not supported by some browser configurations for security reasons.

J.D.

 

I don't have access to the server unfortunately, are there any other options?

 

If the site uses PHP you can do it with

header("Location: http://www.example.com/");

- George