Redirecting .HTML page to home page

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    I just realized Yahoo still has an old version of my site listed which doesn't exist and users finding my site will be seeing a 404.

    This is the page - http://www.debtfreescotland.org.uk/index.html

    Anyway the index.html file doesnt exist anymore...

    How can I make people going to index.html be redirected to home page?
     
    Nathan Mclean, Jun 25, 2013 IP
  2. Nathan Mclean

    Nathan Mclean Member

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    I tried re-creating the index.html page and in the file I put this code

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
    <html>
    <head>

    <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; url=http://www.debtfreescotland.org.uk/">

    </head>
    </html>

    It didn't work what am I doing wrong?
     
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  3. Nathan Mclean

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    Actually it is working but it takes about 4-5 seconds to redirect
     
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    .. because you clearly specified a 5 second timeout. Change it to 0.
     
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  5. Nathan Mclean

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    It's ok I fixed it from the .htaccess file by adding a re-write rule... I'm so smart
     
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    Change this <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; url=http://www.debtfreescotland.org.uk/">
    to
    <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url=http://www.debtfreescotland.org.uk/">
     
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    Thanks active frost
     
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    #8
    This the right code for you replace it and upload it. Your problem will solved.
    <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url=http://www.debtfreescotland.org.uk/">
     
    neilbruce, Jul 25, 2013 IP