META Tags help!

[jake_604]

hi, pls can sumbody pls tell me the code for the <META> tag that refreshed the page, and can you make it so that the TARGET="_top"?

[Zach Elfers]

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="10;url=somepage.html">

That will just refresh the current page. I do not know how to change the target in that HTML code, but maybe it would go like this:

<meta http-equiv="Resfresh" content="10;url=somepage.html;target=_top">

[Rick Bull]

I just wanted to add that you should always provide a plain link in the page to the page you are refreshing to, as not all browsers support that meta tag. Or better still send a header if you have a server-side language like PHP.

Also to target frames you should be able to do it with JavaScript:


<script type="text/javascript"><!--
window.top.location.href = 'new_page.htm';
//--></script>
<!--VITAL FOR USERS WITHOUT JS:-->
<noscript><p>
<a href="new_page.htm">new_page.htm</a>
</p></noscript>