Redirect

Use a form submission to redirect users to specified URLs. You can use both option lists and buttons. Advanced users can also write all redirect activity to a log file.

A redirect sample is available:

Use Redirect with an Option List

You can use the redirect script with an option list as follows (replacing the URLs and option text as appropriate):

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-t/redirect">
<SELECT NAME="url">
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.ask.com/">Go to Ask.com</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.google.com/">Go to Google</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="http://www.msn.com/">Go to MSN</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE=" Go! ">
</FORM>

Use Redirect with Buttons

You can use the redirect script with buttons as follows (replacing the URLs and button text as appropriate):

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-t/redirect">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="http://www.ask.com/" VALUE="Go to Ask.com">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="http://www.google.com/" VALUE="Go to Google">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="http://www.msn.com/" VALUE="Go to MSN">
</FORM>

Alternate Redirect Methods

The script can redirect any input value or name that is a qualified URL. You can therefore use field values, radio buttons, check boxes, or any other type of form element, as long as the value or name is a qualified URL (i.e. http://www.yourname.com/filename.html).

Redirect Logging

FastVirtual also provides an alternate script for advanced users that may wish to log their redirect activity. RedirectADV functions identically to the normal redirect script, which the exception that all redirects are written to a log file.

To use this script, simply replace "redirect" with "redirectADV" in your forms.

Log files are named "redirect.log", and are stored in your "logs" directory, one level above your document root ("htdocs"). Simply open or download this file using FTP or Webby (you cannot access this directory with FrontPage).

Note: Log files are occasionally purged. If you wish to retain your redirect logs, you should download this file on a regular basis (i.e. monthly).