The Redirect CGI

The redirect.pl CGI has been provided to help you implement pull-down lists of destinations. Although this can also be done using JavaScript, some browsers fail to execute that correctly.

Here's an example using redirect.pl:

<P>
<CENTER>
<FORM action="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redirect.pl" method="POST">
<SELECT NAME="dest" onchange="submit(); return true">
<OPTION VALUE="www.lboro.ac.uk/webmaster/providers/redirect.html" SELECTED>Select!
<OPTION VALUE="www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/">Academic Departments
<OPTION VALUE="www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/">Admin & Service Departments
<OPTION VALUE="www.lboro.ac.uk/research/">Research
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=SUBMIT VALUE="GO">
</FORM>
</CENTER>
</P>

Which looks like this:

Users of frames will probably want to change the first line so that the destination page fills the browser window rather than remaining within the current frameset:

<FORM action="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redirect.pl" method="POST" TARGET="_top">

The onchange="submit(); return true" part is JavaScript support for going to the destination as soon as the user makes a selection, rather than requiring them to click on the "GO" button. As the button isn't needed for users who have JavaScript enabled you could hide it for those users by wrapping it in <NOSCRIPT> tags:

<NOSCRIPT>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=SUBMIT VALUE="GO">
</NOSCRIPT>

Which looks like this (try using this list with JavaScript enabled and disabled in your browser):

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