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spicymango

spicymango

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Hi,

In the followind code they are redirecting the page using javascript.

What I don't understand why they had to put the same URL redirect in the META Tags, why is it necessary?
Code: 
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> 
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> 
<!-- 
	window.location = &amp;amp;quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mydomain.com/pages/employee/start.shtml&amp;amp;quot;[/URL]
//-->
</SCRIPT> 
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="1; URL=http://www.mydomain.com/pages/employee/start.shtml">
</HEAD>
<BODY>

</BODY></HTML>
 
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In case Javascript is turned off, or not supported in he client viewing the page would be my guess.

Other than that, its pointless, as the JS redirect will inevitably occur before reaching that section of the page.

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If you're thinking of using that code, I'd dispense with the JS altogether... it's completely unnecessary as the redirect will happen regardless.

I'd also update the "1;" in the META element to be "0;", as this will mean an immediate redirect (which is what the JS would do) instead of waiting 1 second.

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