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9. Simple redirection 

The time may come when you have to close up shop at your current Web server location and move to a nicer and more affordable host. But then what happens to all your visitors who have already bookmarked your old URL? Well, your best bet is to keep your old Web hosting account open for a while and do a little automatic redirecting. 

By using <META refresh>, you can automatically redirect a user's browser to your new Web location. In FrontPage, it's easy. Just open your home page in the FrontPage Editor, right-click the page, and select Page Properties from the pop-up menu. Click the Custom Tab and then the Add button located to the right of the System Variables section. For this example, type refresh for the Name. Then enter the following for the

Value:5; URL=http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/default.asp 

For your own use, change the 5 to the number of seconds you want the browser to wait until it refreshes, and change the URL to your new location. 
 

When a visitor arrives at your old home page, their browser will wait for the specified number of seconds and then automatically redirect them to the new URL. With this tip, you won't lose your guests along the way. 
 

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