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Redirecting a LiveJournal free account

Posted by legbamel • 6/21/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogger, livejournal, redirect

I want to redirect my free account at LiveJournal to my new blog. I just can't seem to make the time to update two that have such similar content. I can't seem to make it work, however. Your ability to change the HTML is very limited with a free account, as is my knowledge of it. Does anyone know if I can do this, or should I just pop in every few months and post a friendly reminder to visit the new one?

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  1. JayNeely
    6/21/07
    JayNeely
    You want to have your style option set to S1, then go to the "Custom Options" tab. This is where you can override HTML.

    The HTML redirect code is:
    meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html"
    You'll have to put a bracket before "meta" and after the last quote, BlogCatalog keeps not showing the code when I have them there.

    I believe the LJ Override Block you want to put that in is GLOBAL_HEAD. Browse through the LJ FAQ if you have no clue what that means, it's been a while since I've used LJ.
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    1. legbamel
      6/22/07
      legbamel
      That's the code I put in there, but I didn't use the global head. Do you know if I need the < pointy brackets or [ square ones? I used the pointy ones but I'm not much on HTML, obviously.
  2. worldlifesite
    6/21/07
    worldlifesite
    Also, if you can not get to the area of your website, try using tinyurl.com to redirect your old to your new url.
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    1. legbamel
      6/22/07
      legbamel
      I've never used tinyurl - I didn't know they could do that. I may have to check that out. Difficulty in customizing (for cheap people like me) is one of the reasons I left LJ in the first place!

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