# Refreshing web pages...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refreshing-web-pages/83594
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refreshing-web-pages/83594 "2001-09-25T00:28:49Z")
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### Author: ![fandango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@fandango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fandango)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refreshing-web-pages/83594/1 "2001-09-25T00:28:49Z")

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What is another way to forward a user to another page?  
Currently, I am using a tag that looks like this:

\<meta http-equiv=“Refresh” content=“3; URL= index.html”\>

But it fails to work sometimes (anyone know why?), so I was hoping someone could tell me a backup solution (javaScript?)