If I had to I'd use a meta tag redirect with a 5 second delay.  Another
option is an immediate re-route with a pop-up window that closes after 5
seconds via JavaScript.

My personal opinion is these are anti-user and will cause dissatisfaction
with your site.

Norman

----- Original Message -----
From: Coops <coops(at)bellatlantic.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:31 AM
Subject: controlling external links


> Hello all-
>
> A client recently asked that we modify their web site to control how
people
> leave their site. Specifically, when someone clicks on an external link,
> they want them to first goto a page on their site that says something like
> "you're about to leave our website, please come again" then, after some
> delay (5 seconds or so), the browser would be redirected to the external
> link they first chose.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to do this in the cleanest,
most
> efficient manner? Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
> -Milt

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