Hello Justin,
Yes, the HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" command works well. It's standard html. This is code I ran on my website homepage for awhile:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="7;URL=sitemap.php3" target="_top">

The Refresh always came through - it had to, it was my home page... why I used it is another subject... In the example above the delay is 7 seconds before the sitemap.php3 page starts to load, and the redirect breaks out of frames if need be with the target attribute... You should be aware that your page position with search engine rankings can suffer with any use of redirects like this, depending on the engine ... more info at http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Since this is a php list I thought I'd add some php related stuff in addition to html:

Great php list here!

Also, I thought the idea for Javascript as a tutorial idea was ok. The stats I see suggest JS is used in the vast majority of cases, although it is correct that 100% with php is better than less with Javascript.

As for portals, how about stripping out all formatting from user input text data, store it as indexed and keyworded text, output it with any template you care to use and bobs your uncle .... or ??? What is the best methodology for storing data in the database - including streaming audio, video, or whatever format comes up next... and then being able to find it in a quick search and then output the results to the user???

Kind Regards,

Richard Creech
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on Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:37:55 +1100 Justin French <justin@indent.com.au> wrote:
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I'd also be interested to know if <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1;URL=blah.html">
is 100% reliable.

Justin French