Comments on: Redirect a SharePoint site by using the Content Editor Web Part

By: Elbio

Elbio — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:25:33 +0000

Hey thanks for posting this. I needed it quick and functional and this is it! I sincerely appreciate it.

By: Bill Garvey

Bill Garvey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:22:17 +0000

Can you just disable Java in your browser (method varies from browser to browser). Then the redirect can’t fire, and you can edit at will.

Do a quick google search on “disable javascript IE 6″ or whatever browser and version you have.

By: Shafi

Shafi — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:34:19 +0000

Hi i have redirected my sharepoint home page by using source editor and adding the script you mentioned. I have included contents=1, so it redirects in 1 second to a different page. I want it to change back to 10. By the time I click on edit page it redirects. How can I change the time in the script now. Thanks for your help.

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1 second was enough for closing the webpart, you ve to be very quick. So, I closed the webpart and created a new one with time to redirect in 4 seconds. Don`t make the time to be zero, otherwise you cannot get to the page and edit it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:07:56 +0000

I get the redirect but, not the pop up alert…using WSS 3.0…help.

By: Shafi

Shafi — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:54:14 +0000

By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:25:29 +0000

Mike, that’s exactly the issue I mentioned in my earlier comment.

If the redirect has been added through a Web Part, append ?contents=1 to the URL and this will send you to the maintenance page.
If not, you’ll need to look at the source code (for example using SharePoint Designer).

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:49:55 +0000

A related question…I think.

We have a Sharepoint site (WSS 3.0), where the user created a redirect on the default.aspx (i’m not sure exactly how they did it, so it may not be the same method you described). Our problem is that we want to stop the redirect. However, we can’t get in to edit the web parts … it keeps redirecting us on the “edit this page” screen. We tried to use the “reset site definition” on that page, but it doesn’t seem to do anything…Any ideas? Thanks.

By: Neil Radulski

Neil Radulski — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:41:40 +0000

I get the redirect but I don’t get the pop up. I’ve done the idiot checks on my MOSS 2007 publishing site and still can’t figure out why no pop up.

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By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:47:20 +0000

Off the top of my head: instead of using the meta tag, change the script to this:
alert(”This site has been moved to another location, please update all existing bookmarks. You will be redirected momentarily.”);
window.location.href = “http://MYSERVERNAME.com/Pages/default.aspx”;

It’ll be a little more complicated if you need a countdown.

Also, a side note: keep in mind the ?contents=1 trick, as after you include a redirect it will become difficult to edit the page.