<Javascript> Close Window/Open Site in New Window

[[Gandalf]]

Not sure if JavaScript belongs here or in the Java section, but I think its here .

Does anyone know a way to close the current browser window, and open a new window with a new site? The problem is that I have a redirect url, but it adds all these annoying adds to my site, so I want the site to automatically open a new window with my real (long) site address.

Thanks for any help.

[wtd]

code:

if (Java == Javascript)    hell.frozen = true;

[[Gandalf]]

Can this be done with anything else? I asked for JavaScript though since it's probably the simplest way...

If nobody can help then I will just change my redirect url host, still...

[wtd]

Use Google.

[[Gandalf]]

Thanks! I em... forgot about Google. I thought it would be something more complicated .

Which brings me to my next question:
How do I close the current window and load up a new one, in that order. Because I want the first window to go away, and a new one load up, but that can't happen if the first window is gone .

[rdrake]

You can reuse the window and avoid using javascript by using the refresh meta tag. More details on that can be found here. The only way that I know of that you could use to launch a page after closing the other main one is by using a very small popup which is launched from the first page, waits a bit, then launches the second page.

Javascript wasn't even based on Java, Netscape just named it that because of the polularity Java had at the time. So I remember reading anyways.

[[Gandalf]]

Alright thanks, I'll look into it. The problem was that the add would appear on any page that you went to from my site. Even if it was non-related. For now the solution I found was auto scrolling down the site whenever its loaded .