NEW - Redirect Plugin…

Hey Mark, interesting little nugget. I assume EE variables can be used within this parameter? Such as:

{exp:redirect_to location="http://www.mysite.com/new_directory/{weblog}/{url_title}/"}

Or perhaps:

{exp:redirect_to location="http://www.mysite.com/new_directory/{segment_3}/"}

Also, is there a delay on this rederict? And forgive a novice’s question - how does this compare with a meta-equiv?

Thanks!

Hi Kevin,

I must admit I hadn’t even checked to see if those would work or not but I just tried with your second example with the {segment_3} option and that seems to work fine. The top one I haven’t tried yet but not too sure where you are getting those variables from? For instance the {weblog} variable. Is that a Global variable that you have created?

Best wishes,

Mark

Oops sorry meant to answer the second bit too!!

The documentation for that function in ExpressionEngine says the following :

redirect(location [string]) Redirect to location. Class: Functions (FNS) Description: Redirects current browser page to location. Does redirect either by location or meta refresh, depending on the redirect method preference.

Hope that answers the second question as to tell the truth I wasn’t too sure myself 😉

Best wishes,

Mark

Mark,

Sweet plugin. However I was trying to us it within an if statement and can’t get it to work properly (it seems to redirect regardless).

Have you had a chance to use it in an if statement?

• T.

Hiya,

In what way are you using it in an IF statement? Can you show some code?

Best wishes,

Mark

Mark here is what I got:

{if segment_3 == "{exp:member:custom_profile_data}{pebble_group}{/exp:member:custom_profile_data}" }
You are on the right page.
{if:else}
You are on the wrong page my friend. Let me redirect you.
{exp:redirect_to location="http://www.mysite.com/group/"}
{/if}

If I leave out your redirect code the text outputs properly. With your code, it redirects regardless of weather the conditional is true or not.

Hmm,

I just tried it out and as you are seeing it doesn’t work but I did try a simple :

{if segment_3 == "test"}
Spit out this text
{/if}

{if segment_3 == "none"}
{exp:redirect_to location="http://www.mysite.com/group/"}}
{/if}

That seems to work fine. Not too sure what is up with the ifelse structure though. Perhaps one of the admins could pop in here and let us know?

Best wishes,

Mark

Sounds good to me but then I’m not really sure either!! 😉

Best wishes,

Mark

Thanks guys. I learn something new everyday.

Thanks for the thanks but they really should go to Victor 😊

Hope the extra if statements work for you though and thanks for the comment on the plugin!! 😊

Best wishes,

Mark

Hey Mark,

This is perfect for my current need. However I think I’ve run up against the advanced conditional problem too:

{if logged in}
    Do this
{/if}

{if logged_out}
   {exp:redirect_to location="/members"} 
{/if}

Is there an easy way I can get around this issue?

Hope someone can help, Andy.

Hi Andy,

Hmm yes it does seem to be a problem with these conditionals. I will have to look into that when I get the chance. For now though could you possibly embed a template that does what you need?

Something like :

{if logged_in}
{embed="do_this_template"}
{/if}

{if logged_out}
{embed="redirect-to-template"}
{/if}

Not sure if that would work but hopefully it will?

Best wishes,

Mark

It’s certainly worth a try, I’ll give it a bash (so to speak) and let you know how it goes.

Hi Andy,

I just gave this a try and it will definitely do what you need. Also just noticed that in your code you had logged in instead of logged_in. Not sure if that will help with this though although that code is incorrect.

Best wishes,

Mark