Redirecting if JavaScript is turned off

Peter · Feb 28, 2004

I have a modest website that uses a lot of Javascript.

If anybody views the site and does not have Javascript enabled I want to
politely redirect them to another page, so I put this bit of code in my
<head> section :

<script type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript">document.write("<!"+"--")</script>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=noscript.html">


So far so good.
It appears to work, *and* it passes the the 'W3C MarkUp Validation Service'
test ( http://validator.w3.org/ ).

Now the bad Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably because
their crawler always gets redirected.

Does anybody have a solution to this dilema, please?
Redirecting to a 'with-script' page is not an option because my page is
linked-to by many other sites.

Evertjan. · Feb 28, 2004

Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

If anybody views the site and does not have Javascript enabled I want
to politely redirect them to another page, so I put this bit of code
in my <head> section :

<script type="text/javascript"
language="JavaScript">document.write("<!"+"--")</script>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=noscript.html">

Try doing it the other way around:

Start with the no javascript file and clientside-js-redirect
to the yes javascript page.

Now the bad Google doesn't index my site any more, presumably
because their crawler always gets redirected.

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect

Richard Formby · Feb 29, 2004

Evertjan. said:
Peter wrote on 28 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

This can best be done serverside:

if the IP is in the google range, redirect

And when google find out that you are cloaking the site will be banned.

http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/2.html#A1 - bottom of the page.

Cheers
Richard.

Evertjan. · Feb 29, 2004

Richard Formby wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

And when google find out that you are cloaking the site will be banned.

http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/2.html#A1 - bottom of the page.

Perhaps down under?

The above site wasn't googled anyway, so if the OP wants it, he has to
invent something to keep google on the page that the majority of the
visitors see.

Randy Webb · Feb 29, 2004

Evertjan. said:
Richard Formby wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Perhaps down under?

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Evertjan. · Feb 29, 2004

Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html#A1

Says the same thing. Only difference I saw in the two pages, at a quick
glance, was the .au in the address. The section the OP referred to was
verbatim.

Hey, it was a joke !

Randy Webb · Mar 1, 2004

Evertjan. said:
Randy Webb wrote on 29 feb 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Hey, it was a joke !

Oooooooooops

Evertjan. · Mar 1, 2004

Randy Webb wrote on 01 mrt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Oooooooooops

Don Grover · Mar 1, 2004

No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don

optimistx · Mar 2, 2004

Don said:
No Evertjan !
But the code runs backwards.
Regards
Don

I am trying to make an Australian version of my page. Upside down is no
problem, but trying to implement backwards execution of scripts I have
some assumably small problems. Although 'goto' does not exist in
Javascript I feel the need to implement 'comefrom'.Do I need
write-only-memory (wom)? Any ideas?

Evertjan. · Mar 2, 2004

optimistx wrote on 02 mrt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

I am trying to make an Australian version of my page. Upside down is no
problem, but trying to implement backwards execution of scripts I have
some assumably small problems. Although 'goto' does not exist in
Javascript I feel the need to implement 'comefrom'.Do I need
write-only-memory (wom)? Any ideas?

Make a Wom-batch file following the Swagman protocol:

Do 'til his billy boiled
Camp by a billabong.
If not under the shade of a coolibah tree then
Exit down under
Else
Play <http://tinyurl.com/3fvnq>
End If
Loop

Don Grover · Mar 2, 2004

Actually are you aware that on most motherboards the inbuilt video cards can
turn the screen upside down, an ozzie invention saves us turning monitor
upside down.
And for all these years I have been thinking the swivilling flat bit on the
top of the monitor was for books.
Don

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Redirecting if JavaScript is turned off

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