Timed Redirect with warning to multiple pages

lonlyboy · May 30, 2009

I'm looking for a script I can use that warns a user they are leaving
my site. Then after like 5 seconds continues on to the site. I have
a list of about 100 links and I don't want to have to create a
seperate page for each link. Would be nice to setup a page that I can
use a script on.

i.e. page?link=google.com

This would display my warning page for 5 seconds then continue on to
google.com

or page?link=hotmail.com

This would show my warning ofr 5 seconds and continute on to
hotmail,com .. .etc..

Anyone know of a way to script this?

Thanks
LonlyBoy

Trevor Lawrence · May 30, 2009

Try this

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirect</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function redir(url) {
document.write("You will be redirected in 5 seconds")
setTimeout('location.href="' + url + '"',5000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Redirect" title="Redirect"
onclick="redir('rollover.html')" />
</body>
</html>

The filename between onclick="redir(' and ')" is the URL that you want to go
to

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn · May 30, 2009

lonlyboy said:
I'm looking for a script I can use that warns a user they are leaving
my site.

No, you don't. Trust me.

PointedEars

The Natural Philosopher · May 30, 2009

Thomas said:
No, you don't. Trust me.

Don't what?

I am looking..no you are not..surely?

David Mark · May 30, 2009

Don't what?

I am looking..no you are not..surely?

You are babbling. The point is that it is a stupid idea. The only
sound advice is to skip it.

Mike Duffy · May 30, 2009

You are babbling. The point is that it is a stupid idea. The only
sound advice is to skip it.

A much less obnoxious alternative is simply to append the text " (External
Link)" to the href (alt attribute) and img (title attribute) tags.

David Mark · May 30, 2009

(e-mail address removed):

A much less obnoxious alternative is simply to append the text " (External
Link)" to the href (alt attribute) and img (title attribute) tags.

You've got the attributes backwards.

Mike Duffy · May 30, 2009

You've got the attributes backwards.

Upon sober reflection, I believe you are correct.
(href title="..text"; img alt="..text")

Osmo Saarikumpu · May 31, 2009

Mike said:
Upon sober reflection, I believe you are correct.
(href title="..text"; img alt="..text")

Still not good. The alt attribute is for alternative text, in case the
image is not displayed for a reason or another. The title attribute
(advisory title) would be proper for both, links and images.

HTH, Osmo

Osmo Saarikumpu · May 31, 2009

Trevor said:
Try this

For what?¹

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirect</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function redir(url) {
document.write("You will be redirected in 5 seconds")
setTimeout('location.href="' + url + '"',5000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Redirect" title="Redirect"
onclick="redir('rollover.html')" />

This does not look good. What happens if there is no JavaScript support
available?

¹ http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Best wishes,
Osmo

David Mark · May 31, 2009

Still not good. The alt attribute is for alternative text, in case the
image is not displayed for a reason or another. The title attribute
(advisory title) would be proper for both, links and images.

Clearly it depends on the content, but in most cases the text would be
different.

<a href="..." title="Send a message to me"><img alt="Contact"
src="..."></a>

IIRC, IE fouls things up with tooltips, which requires a redundant
title for the image in this case (otherwise will advise "Contact.")

Trevor Lawrence · Jun 1, 2009

Trevor said:
Try this

For what?¹

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirect</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function redir(url) {
document.write("You will be redirected in 5 seconds")
setTimeout('location.href="' + url + '"',5000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Redirect" title="Redirect"
onclick="redir('rollover.html')" />

This does not look good. What happens if there is no JavaScript support
available?

¹ http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Best wishes,
Osmo

Osmo,

Quite true. It won't work without JavaScript, but I assumed (perhaps
wrongly) that the poster wanted a JS solution.

Is there a non-JS solution, I wonder?

David Mark · Jun 1, 2009

For what?¹

This does not look good. What happens if there is no JavaScript support
available?

¹http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Best wishes,
Osmo

Osmo,

Quite true. It won't work without JavaScript, but I assumed (perhaps
wrongly) that the poster wanted a JS solution.

A JS solution that leaves a non-functioning button when scripting is
disabled is not a solution.

And you can't do anything after a document.write.

Is there a non-JS solution, I wonder?

No need to wonder. See other posts in this thread.

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Timed Redirect with warning to multiple pages

lonlyboy

Trevor Lawrence

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

The Natural Philosopher

David Mark

Mike Duffy

David Mark

Mike Duffy

Osmo Saarikumpu

Osmo Saarikumpu

David Mark

Trevor Lawrence

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