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All the while, we are using this realiable website redirection HTML/JavaScript code
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=https://www.nosuchwebsite.com">
<script type="text/javascript">
window.location.href = "https://www.nosuchwebsite.com"
</script>
<title>Page Redirection</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Note: don't tell people to `click` the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
If you are not redirected automatically, follow the <a href='https://www.nosuchwebsite.com'>nosuchwebsite</a>
</body>
</html>
Now, we would like to have Google Analytics tracking code executed, before redirection.
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-x']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
</script>
I realize, meta "refresh" may execute earlier than JavaScript tracking code. I was wondering, whether is there any way to make Google Analytics tracking code, to run before meta "refresh"
718
We don't want to specify seconds if script is going to take quite a while and we ain't sure how long.
So the idea is to get the URL to redirect to from the meta like and redirect to it,
window.stop();
Do you script stuff
Finally get URL from meta and redirect to it.
window.location = document.querySelector( '[http-equiv="refresh"]' ).content.split( 'url=' )[1];
// STEP 1: Stop currect redirection
window.stop();
// STEP 2: Do your script stuff
// promise? async/await? Do wtf you want.
const msgEl = document.getElementById( 'messages' );
const addMsg = msg => msgEl.innerHTML += msg + '<br>';
setTimeout( () => addMsg( 'Let me at least do my nails.' ), 1000 );
setTimeout( () => addMsg( 'Aah, I\'m having a bad hair day :(' ), 2000 );
setTimeout( () => addMsg( 'Almost done...' ), 3000 );
setTimeout( () => addMsg( 'Ok, just a (three) second(s)...' ), 4000 );
setTimeout( () => {
addMsg( 'Redirecting...' );
// STEP 3: Redirect, Finally done with every we wanted to do.
window.location = document.querySelector( '[http-equiv="refresh"]' ).content.split( 'url=' )[1];
}, 7000 );/* Arbitrary CSS for presentation purposes only */
p, h3, small {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-weight: 300;
line-height: 2
}
p {
font-size: 14px;
}
code {
font-family: monospace;
}<!-- Resides somewhere inside <head> tag. -->
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https:///google.com/">
<!-- Arbitrary html for illustration -->
<h3>
Please wait while you are redirected with the mighty <code>meta refresh</code>.
</h3>
<p id='messages'></p>
<small><b>Spoiler:</b> Redirection will be stopped even though <code>meta[http-equiv="refresh"]</code> refreshes in 0 seconds.</small>What about if you add the redirection inside Google Analytics script like below via HTML JavaScript DOM?
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-x']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
document.getElementById("metaTag").innerHTML='<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=https://www.nosuchwebsite.com">'
})();<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta id="metaTag">
<title>Page Redirection</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Note: don't tell people to `click` the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
If you are not redirected automatically, follow the <a href='https://www.nosuchwebsite.com'>nosuchwebsite</a>
</body>
</html>Thanks and best regards!
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answered Oct 20 '25 06:10
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