[Klug-general] MSIE isn't compliant

Wed Mar 17 18:30:43 UTC 2010

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Mike Evans wrote:
> On 16/03/10 11:12, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
> > My HTML 3.2 handbook (yes I know it's old but so am I) gives a nice line
> > to go in the<HEAD>  section:
> >
> > <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh"
> > CONTENT="5; nextpage.html">
> 
> I know I've had this work too - although it would have been before the
> advent of IE 8.
> 
> I have a feeling I used a slightly different format:
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5;URL=http://whatever/wherever.html">
> 
> So the key differences are URL= and use of an absolute URL including
> protocol etc.
> 
> I'm sure that worked with IE6 (who ever used 7 anyway?) but I no longer
> have the ability to test with IE. (No 'doze here!)
> 
> Mike
> 
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Can't you do it on the server side with a "Location" header, if you are using 
apache you could use the Redirect directive in a .htaccess file?