Simple Redirect Tool (Free Download)

I was reminded of this tool when one of my clients asked me to install it on one of their new domains . . .

Basically it allows you to quickly create “redirect” folders on your site. For instance, say this was your affiliate link:

http://www.maverickbusinessinsider.com/go?p=10929&w=mbiweb

You don’t want to include a link like that in your email! If you have a website, you can create a simple redirect and then use a link like this instead:

http://www.biztoolsbrief.com/mbi/

That’s a lot nicer looking, don’t you agree?

(BTW, that’s a live link and goes to Yanik Silver’s latest venture, “Maverick Business Insider” — it looks like a heck of a deal and you ought to check it out.)

This redirect utility will allow you to create a redirect using HTML/Javascript or PHP. It will also allow you to “frame” the destination page rather than redirecting the visitor to it.

(To “frame” the page means the page shows up on the browser but it looks like it’s a part of your site, because your web site URL is still visible in the browser location window . . .)

Click here to download the script…

Using this script is pretty straightforward, as long as your web site is on a Unix or Linux server. Just unzip the file, upload the CreateRedirects.cgi script to your web folder, and change the permissions on the script to 755 . . . then point your browser to it whenever you need to create a redirect.

Let me know what you think!

Best,

Paul

P.S. My apologies if you use a windows web server. This script could probably work for you with slight modification — you could probably find someone on eLance to modify it pretty cheap . . .