if(fromhere) then(gothere) - can it be done?
Greetings,
My apologies if this is the simplest thing in the world - my ISP says it can be done with CGI scripting (but won't tell me how). I looked *all day* yesterday and could not find anything about *how* one might accomplish it.
(NOTE: These are URLs I just made up - don't bother clicking on them.)
What I have are several URLS, like http://www.mysite.com, http://www.mywork.com, and http://www.myhobbies.com (just as examples).
One has "web hosting", the others are just "domain hosting". Currently I have them set up (via the ISP's "Control Panel") so that if someone attempts to visit the two that don't have web space, they get dumped into the one where I actually have a web site. That works. So far so good.
What I want to do when a user arrives at my site is A) Figure out which of my other URLs sent them to my site, and B) Redirect them to the appropriate page - like this:
if (user came from [url]http://www.mywork.com)[/url]
then (send them to [url]http://www.mysite.com/work/)[/url]
if (user came from [url]http://www.myhobbies.com)[/url]
then (send them to [url]http://www.mysite.com/hobbies/)[/url]
else (leave them here at [url]http://www.mysite.com)[/url]
It seems like it couldn't be *that* difficult. Can anyone tell me if it's possible, and where I might find an example? And while were at it, any good book recommendations for learning more about this stuff?
Thank you!
Linda
Jonathan Michaelson posted this at 18:01 — 18th August 2000.
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It would probably be easier to do using JavaScript on your index page using the following syntax at the top of the page after the tag:
<script><!--
if (document.referrer == "http://www.mywork.com")
{location = "http://www.mysite.com/work/";};
if (document.referrer == "http://www.myhobbies.com")
{location = "http://www.mysite.com/hobbies/";};
-->
</script>
Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson
Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting
http://www.waytotheweb.com
Jonathan Michaelson posted this at 18:08 — 18th August 2000.
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If you wanted to do something like this in perl CGI (though it's not really practical for this specific purpose) you'd use something like the following in an index.cgi script at the top of your web site:
[code]
#!/usr/bin/perl
if (%ENV{HTTP_REFERER} eq "http://http://www.mywork.com")
{print "location: http://www.mysite.com/work/\n\n";}
elsif (%ENV{HTTP_REFERER}) eq "http://http://www.myhobbies.com")
{print "location: http://www.mysite.com/hobbies/\n\n";}
else {print "location: http://www.mysite.com/index.htm\n\n"}
Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson
Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting
http://www.waytotheweb.com
Linda posted this at 18:19 — 18th August 2000.
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I can't wait to try it. Thank you so much.
Linda
123finder.com posted this at 21:16 — 18th August 2000.
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I have Domain Redirector 1.1 CGI script (freeware) from scriptsolutions.com
If anyone wants to get it, mail to [email protected], I will send it to you.
Or if there is a request to post the code on this board (not very long, about 1 page!), I'll do it!
http://new.123finder.com/ - Helps you find cool domains for FREE & Registers it for only $14.95/yr
http://www.ad-rotator.com/ - Free ad rotating system for small websites - Stop Ctrl-P/Ctrl-C the ad code!
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Son
richjb posted this at 23:58 — 18th August 2000.
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Linda, welcome to TWF!
Make sure to post if you have any more problems.
Also, for a book recommendation, anything published by O'reilly would be great. I think the book "Learning Perl Programming" (or something like that) would be great for the begginer. Another thing to note is that the above suggested book (if I'm thinking about the right one) was written by the creater of PERL, Larry Wall.
Richard
richjb::413
[email protected]
Everyone here has a website. It's just that not all are worth posting (Mine!
).
Linda posted this at 00:25 — 19th August 2000.
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Son/123Finder's solution worked like a charm - easy to use, worked the first time - once I figured out that I needed to hit Refresh (duh!)
I'm thrilled. I've been putting up with this not being right forever. Now http://www.scritchies.com goes to someplace where I can put my new horse-related site. Yeehaaa.
Thanks to you all, for the suggestions and book recommendation.
Have a great weekend.
Linda
123finder.com posted this at 00:35 — 19th August 2000.
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I'm using the Black Perl Book, not bad at all!
But the best book I've found when got started with CGI scripting is (still now) CGI101 (www.cgi101.com)
http://new.123finder.com/ - Helps you find cool domains for FREE & Registers it for only $14.95/yr
http://www.ad-rotator.com/ - Free ad rotating system for small websites - Stop Ctrl-P/Ctrl-C the ad code!
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Son
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:02 — 19th August 2000.
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would you be able to do something like this with .htaccess?
I know you can for file redirection, but can you put HTTP_REFERER logic in there?
Jonathan Michaelson posted this at 15:52 — 19th August 2000.
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I think you're going to have to do something with Rewrite rules in your conf files (I'm not sure if these work in .htaccess files). You can do what Apache calls Referer Deflection (at the bottom of the following doc):
http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html
Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson
Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting
http://www.waytotheweb.com
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