how to redirect to home page

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How can I redirect a user to home page?

Example: mywebsite.com/ddfdf/fdfdsf and I want to redirect to mywebsite.com

However I want to do it without typing the static name. How can I do this?

Question could be better worded to include "with Javascript" or "using Javascript" if that was what you were looking for. — Luke, Jun 25 '16 at 02:41

score 171 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '10 at 07:08

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document.location.href="/";

answered Nov 20 '10 at 07:08

Māris Kiseļovs

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Go to homepage or put it into a function and call it when he clicks on something – Bluedayz May 11 '14 at 12:44

score 37 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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document.location.href="/";

or

 window.location.href = "/";

According to the W3C, they are the same. In reality, for cross browser safety, you should use window.location rather than document.location.

See: http://www.w3.org/TR/Window/#window-location

(Note: I copied the difference explanation above, from this question.)

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answered Oct 27 '15 at 22:39

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '10 at 07:09

Can you do this on the server, using Apache's mod_rewrite for example? If not, you can use the window.location.replace method to erase the current URL from the back/forward history (to not break the back button) and go to the root of the web site:

window.location.replace('/');

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 13 '17 at 10:12

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window.location.href = "/";

This worked for me. If you have multiple folders/directories, you can use this:

window.location.href = "/folder_name/";

answered Jun 13 '17 at 10:12

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Brandon Montgomery · Answer 5 · 2010-11-20T07:34:45.237

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maybe

var re = /^https?:\/\/[^/]+/i;
window.location.href = re.exec(window.location.href)[0];

is what you're looking for?

edited Nov 20 '10 at 07:34

answered Nov 20 '10 at 07:09

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This will break the back button if it is done automatically on page load. – PleaseStand Nov 20 '10 at 07:57

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 13 '14 at 12:38

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window.location = '/';

Should usually do the trick, but it depends on your sites directories. This will work for your example

edited Jan 13 '14 at 12:38

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answered Jan 13 '14 at 12:32

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 14 '15 at 06:27

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strRetMsg ="<script>window.location.href = '../Other/Home.htm';</script>";

Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "Script", strRetMsg,false);

Put this code in Page Load.

answered Aug 14 '15 at 06:27

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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var url = location.href;
var newurl = url.replace('some-domain.com','another-domain.com';);
location.href=newurl;

See this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/42291014/3901511

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answered Feb 17 '17 at 06:43

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