How to Set Up a Meta Redirect
The meta Hyper Text Markup Language tag lets you redirect users who visit one of your Web pages to another Web page. Use a meta redirect tag, for example, when you have changed your website's Uniform Resource Locator address. Your visitors' browser will then automatically send them to the new address, preventing your visitors from having to retype the new address in the address bar. Set up a meta redirect in just a few steps.
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Instructions
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Open the HTML file of the Web page in which you wish to place the redirect code in your favorite text or HTML editor.
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Look for the <head> and </head> tags which should be near the top of the file.
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Place the following code anywhere between the <head> and </head> tags:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="X; URL=http://www.example.com">
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Replace "X" with the number of seconds you wish your visitors' browser to wait before redirecting them to the new page. For example, a value of "5" will give your visitors enough time to read a message indicating that your website will automatically redirect them to a new one.
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Replace "http://www.example.com" with the URL address you wish your Web page to redirect to.
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Save your HTML file and upload it to your Web server using your Web hosting company's file manager tool or an FTP program.
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