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Redirect users to a new page with ASP

Originally published on Monday, October 10th, 2005

ASP makes it easy to redirect a user to another page. This is a useful trick for redirecting users after form submissions, protecting content on your site by redirecting users to a login page, and pointing an old page address to a new one.

Simple ASP header redirect (302 Object Moved)

At the top of your ASP document (before any HTML code), use the following code snippet:

<% Response.Redirect("default.asp") %>

This example shows how to redirect a user to a page on your own site, in the same directory as your redirect page. If you wanted to redirect a user to a completely different website, simply use the full URL:

<% Response.Redirect("http://www.yoursite.com") %>

The Response.Redirect declarative gives an “Object Moved,” or Status Code 302 header response. If you want to permanently point an old page address to a new one using ASP, see below.

Serving a permanent redirect (301) header status code

There may be an instance where you want to point an old page to a new location. This can be accomplished in ASP by including specific header information in your code snippet. The following example serves a 301 Redirect (“301 Moved Permanently”) to anyone who accesses the page.

<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.thenewpage.com"
%>

This article was written by Christopher Jason and published on Monday, October 10th, 2005. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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