An HTML redirect happens when a user enters a URL, but it changes, and the browser directs them to a different web page. Website developers rely on them when they need to change their site's structure or the location of a particular page.
What Is an HTML redirect?
A redirect is when a web page’s URL automatically changes to a different URL. This is useful when you want to redirect a page to a new location; for example, redirects are frequently used when businesses change their names and change their website URLs as well.
How to Redirect a Page to Another Page in HTML
The simplest way to redirect to another URL is with the use of the meta refresh tag. We can place this meta tag inside the <head> tag at the top of any HTML page, which looks like this:
The value in the content attribute is the number of seconds after which you want the page to redirect. You can set the value to zero for immediate loading.
After waiting three seconds, you will be redirected to Simplilearn’s homepage.
Fig: HTML redirect
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Conclusion
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