Redirect on certain URLs

Question

Hi I have a problem where I'm setting up an internet Kiosk in a public place and when a user goes to a certain URL I want it to redirect to another particular URL.

For example I want it setup so that if a user goes to www.example.com/step1 I want the browser to automatically go to www.example.com/step2

The only restriction here is that it has to work on Windows due to hardware limitations.

Does anybody know how I could do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

A couple of ways to do it:

• Implement a Browser Helper Object, catch the BeforeNavigate event, cancel the navigation and direct it somewhere else.

• Use a specialized proxy server that responds to a request for the first URL by returning a redirect to the second, and passes all other requests through.

Answer 2

You could try to modify the Hosts file. In Windows, I think it is found in WINDOWS/system32/drivers/.

It can be used to redirect a request for one IP address to another. Hope that's useful.