Web redirection if not from specific URL?

[Iomega0318]

Ok I have several different websites, what I want to do is if say someone goes to www.mysite.com and they did not come from www.mysitelinks.com then they will be redirected to www.mysitelinks.com which will contain links to all my sites, therefore I can still have an index at each site but unless they come from my main site with all the links they will be redirected to the site which contains the links which they can then continue from there.. Is that in anyway possible?

[RevHavoc]

Hmm trying to understand: Do you just need a simple redirect?

I have the following redirect html on some of my pages:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="3;URL=http://www.techsupportforum.com">

Basically after someone gets to the page they are shortly redirected to the webpage of your choice.

[Iomega0318]

That is kind of what I am talking about, but I already know how to redirect someone like that.. What I mean is, say you just came to www.techsupportforum.com from a search you just did on google, now because your coming from google it should show that as your referer correct? Now since your referer is google and not say www.pixelRus.com it will redirect you to another site of my choice.. does that make sense?

[KoosHopeloos]

@ Iomega0318: I've read your posts 4 times and I still do not know what you want. Perhaps try describing it another way?

[gamerman0203]

If your web server is capable of PHP, you can do this:

Create this file and name it "ref_check.php":

PHP Code:


<?php

   $site = "mysitelinks";
   $ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
   if(!eregi($site, $ref){
      header("Location: http://www.mysitelinks.com");
   }

?>

Now include this script at the VERY TOP of every page you want the visitor to be checked:

PHP Code:


<?php include "ref_check.php" ?>

Explanation:

The first script is setting what to look for to the variable "site". Do not add http or .com or anything to it, just your domain name. Next it is setting the users referer to the variable "ref". Next it is checking the users referer for any signs of your sites domain name. If it doesn't find your sites domain name somewhere within the referer, then it redirects them to http://mysitelinks.com.

The second script needs to be placed at the very top of the each page you wish to check the visitor. It needs to be the absolute first thing the web server sees or else the redirect won't work and it will display an error.

Happy webbing

[Iomega0318]

Awesome that is what I am looking for!
I found some scripts for redirecting to a different paged based on what referer they came from but what you just posted sounds more like what I want to do! I will try it out later and let you know how things go..