Redirector Must go But how?

gutlypig · Jan 8, 2007

I am trying to get rid of the annoying redirector on my site and well i just dont have the brain capacity to work it out i have found some code but im not sure if i can alter it to make the redirect instant..

Code:

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><meta name="rating" content="general">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=portal.php">
<title>Bodybuilding forum worldofmuscle.co.uk! - Redirecting....</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
	background-color: #003366;
}
.style1 {color: #FFFFFF}
-->
</style></head>

<body>
<div style="position:absolute; left: 225px; top: 158px; width: 563px; height: 262px; background-color: #CCCCCC; layer-background-color: #CCCCCC; border: 1px none #000000; z-index: 2;" id="redirect">
  <div align="center">
    <p><strong>Bodybuilding Forum World Of Muscle </strong></p>
    <p><strong>You will be automatically redirected to the homepage in 5 seconds... </strong></p>
    <p><img src="templates/Cobalt/images/logo_phpBB.gif" alt="worldofmuscle.co.uk" border="0"/></p>
    <p><strong>Redirecting........</strong></p>
    <p><a href="portal.php"><strong>Click here if you do not wish to wait....</strong></a></p>
  </div>
</div>
<div style="position:absolute; left: 227px; top: 436px; width: 559px; z-index: 3;" id="info"><span class="style1"><strong>Note:</strong> To enter The Bodybuilding Forum now, click the link above </span></div>
<div style="position:absolute; background-color: #FFFFFF; layer-background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px none #000000; left: 216px; width: 582px; top: 148px; height: 283px; z-index: 1;" id="border"></div>
</body>

erick295 · Jan 8, 2007

That code won't do anything for you... you'd have to modify the PHP file that's generating it. Look at the URL while you're on that page, and it will probably point you to it.

knight_47 · Jan 9, 2007

change the 5 to a 0 to make the redirect instant.

erick295 · Jan 9, 2007

Okay, I'm officially blind

gutlypig · Jan 9, 2007

Cool thanks,
Could anyone change the code to make the redirect Banner fill the page? even though it will be almost instant i am trying to change the banner size on my site and it looks bad on the redirect.

knight_47 · Jan 9, 2007

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but if you want portal.php to be the home page for your site, you can do this in your htaccess file and it should be even faster. If that's what you want, let me know.

gutlypig · Jan 11, 2007

Yes please

( To the even faster)..

knight_47 · Jan 12, 2007

ok, do you use a .htaccess file? if you do, simply add this line, if you don't, then create a text file, rename it htaccess.txt and open it up.

Add this line:

DirectoryIndex portal.php

upload the txt file to your server, and now rename it to .htaccess

now try it, it should automatically redirect without any messages.

gutlypig · Jan 12, 2007

I have made the new file but
I get an internal server misconfig error with that

Inside my htdocs foldr i have
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e151/dingledongle/ftp.jpg

knight_47 · Jan 13, 2007

did you upload it in the main directory for your website (public_html)?

and what exactly is the screen shot showing?

gutlypig · Jan 13, 2007

Yeh i have uploaded it in the main directory and i get the error .. As for the screen shot I just thought you might see something in there of value is all,

gutlypig · Jan 13, 2007

One thing i have noticed is that in that screen shot the index.html file directs you to the portal.php file can i change anything with that.

knight_47 · Jan 13, 2007

So I'm assuming your host doesn't allow you to use .htaccess. I have no idea why.

Why don't you try renaming portal.php to index.php, and rename index.html to backup.html or anything like that.

then browse around your forum and see if your forum is still working correctly.

gutlypig · Jan 14, 2007

I tried changing the files around as suggested but it caused my forum page not to appear,
I have changed most back but i left the index html file out Now if you click my url it takes you directly to the forums page, but not the portal (home page),I have tried the htaccess file again and again but i get the same eror of misconfig or cant complete request..

Redirector Must go But how?

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