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BRISK · 03-19-2003, 12:00 AM

I don't know much about Apache, but I'll describe what I'm trying to do.

I have a domain that gets traffic from search engines.

Can I do something in Apache to re-direct visitors to another URL based on their country?

I've been looking at this ---> www.maxmind.com , and it says it works with Apache using mod_geoip

I don't want to use PHP, CGI or .htaccess. These visitors are visiting pure .html pages.

These visitors are coming to my domain through lots of different .html pages, I want them to click on the link in the SE and if they're from certain countries that I choose, they will be redirected to a different URL

Is this possible?

iroc409 · 03-19-2003, 12:12 AM

you can still use .htaccess to redirect html pages, without a password. same way with 404s and stuff. look up on google how to do that, there's all kinds of crazy stuff for that. you can even deny referring domains and such.

iroc409 · 03-19-2003, 12:12 AM

i didn't mean referrers, although you might. you can deny ips and domains, so if a user works at microsoft, you can deny them access to your page.

BRISK · 03-19-2003, 12:15 AM

I don't want to use PHP, CGI or .htaccess

kevinale · 03-19-2003, 12:16 AM

I can help you but it is a PHP based hack. See sig. I know, "no php." is that steadfast?

BRISK · 03-19-2003, 12:28 AM

Surfers come to my pages from links like

http://www.mydomain.com/blah/page.html

They are clicking on URLs from search engines that end in .html not php or cgi pages.

Can Apache (using something like www.maxmind.com ) recognize the country they are from and redirect them to another URL?

kad · 03-19-2003, 12:44 AM

Yes, I'm 99% sure you could, although, I've never done it.

You could install the GeoIP Apache Module, and set up a redirect based in the information it provides.

I could look further into it for you if you dont get a better answer from anyone else.

Feel free to hit me up on 173229403 or kad at fakeplasticrobot.com

kevinale · 03-19-2003, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
Surfers come to my pages from links like

http://www.mydomain.com/blah/page.html

They are clicking on URLs from search engines that end in .html not php or cgi pages.

Can Apache (using something like www.maxmind.com ) recognize the country they are from and redirect them to another URL?

You could use mod_rewrite and rewrite the .html to .php thus giving you the ability to use php.

kevinale · 03-19-2003, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BRISK
Surfers come to my pages from links like

http://www.mydomain.com/blah/page.html

They are clicking on URLs from search engines that end in .html not php or cgi pages.

Can Apache (using something like www.maxmind.com ) recognize the country they are from and redirect them to another URL?

Or even better yet, you can make php parse html pages also with an AddType in the httpd.conf. And add the PHP into yout .html files.

kad · 03-19-2003, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kevinale

You could use mod_rewrite and rewrite the .html to .php thus giving you the ability to use php.

Umm, why not just add .html to the AddType line in that case? Ie:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

Anyhow, this doesn't solve his problem, as he doesn't want to use php.

xerox · 03-19-2003, 12:58 AM

rtfm

Danielle · 03-19-2003, 12:59 AM

Add this line to your .htaccess file.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

Then you can use a product like http://www.trafficassistant.com/

in .html files.

Hugs,
Danielle

myneid · 03-19-2003, 01:06 AM

profit plantation sets it up in a cool way that may be applicable to you. if you used a php program that would check the country and if it should redirect it would print out the hahahahahahahahahaha to redirect the page. so on the front html page you would put like hahahahahahahaha language=hahahahahahahahahaha src=http://mydomain.com/countrylookup.php></hahahahahahahaha
and so if it was us it wouldnt do anything

theres my secret solution of the day

rossiya2 · 03-19-2003, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by myneid
hahahahahahahahahaha to redirect the page. so on the front html page you would put like hahahahahahahaha language=hahahahahahahahahaha

A secret it remains apparently.

myneid · 03-19-2003, 01:13 AM

the hhahaha is
script language= java script
with no spaces in the = and java and script

rossiya2 · 03-19-2003, 01:24 AM

I had to support multiple languages and detect dialect preferences of the surfer. The Russian Apache server can do this without additional programming. I haven't tried the vanilla Apache for such situations. But it seems that the following variable's language setting can be used with a filesmatch directive using the httpd.conf file alone:

'HTTP_USER_AGENT'

Contents of the User_Agent: header from the current request, if there is one. This is a string denoting the user agent being which is accessing the page. A typical example is: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.9 i586). Among other things, you can use this value with get_browser() to tailor your page's output to the capabilities of the user agent.

My chatbot is http://www.cologroup.net/html/chat/frame2.html

BRISK · 03-19-2003, 01:38 AM

Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna try that maxmind module and see if that works

BRISK · 03-19-2003, 05:16 AM

Any other suggestions?

sacX · 03-19-2003, 06:36 AM

install mod_geoip..
then use mod_rewrite in httpd.conf for the domain you're interested in

sort of like this

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^US$
RewriteRule ^/$ /newlocation.html [L]

BRISK · 03-19-2003, 06:46 AM

cool, thanks...I'm gonna try it out and see how it works

03-19-2003, 12:00 AM	#1
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Do you know alot about Apache? I need answer to a question I don't know much about Apache, but I'll describe what I'm trying to do. I have a domain that gets traffic from search engines. Can I do something in Apache to re-direct visitors to another URL based on their country? I've been looking at this ---> www.maxmind.com , and it says it works with Apache using mod_geoip I don't want to use PHP, CGI or .htaccess. These visitors are visiting pure .html pages. These visitors are coming to my domain through lots of different .html pages, I want them to click on the link in the SE and if they're from certain countries that I choose, they will be redirected to a different URL Is this possible? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

03-19-2003, 12:12 AM	#2
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03-19-2003, 12:12 AM	#3
iroc409 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 4,728	i didn't mean referrers, although you might. you can deny ips and domains, so if a user works at microsoft, you can deny them access to your page. __________________ <a href="http://www.iroc409.com/"><img src="http://www.iroc409.com/adv/120x60.gif" border=0></a> icq: 1 7 6 4 2 0 9 6 0 Gallery templates for ONLY $25! w00t!

03-19-2003, 12:15 AM	#4
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	I don't want to use PHP, CGI or .htaccess __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

03-19-2003, 12:16 AM	#5
kevinale Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,115	I can help you but it is a PHP based hack. See sig. I know, "no php." is that steadfast? __________________ 1monkey0cup.com Last edited by kevinale; 03-19-2003 at 12:19 AM..

03-19-2003, 12:28 AM	#6
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Surfers come to my pages from links like http://www.mydomain.com/blah/page.html They are clicking on URLs from search engines that end in .html not php or cgi pages. Can Apache (using something like www.maxmind.com ) recognize the country they are from and redirect them to another URL? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

03-19-2003, 12:44 AM	#7
kad Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 735	Yes, I'm 99% sure you could, although, I've never done it. You could install the GeoIP Apache Module, and set up a redirect based in the information it provides. I could look further into it for you if you dont get a better answer from anyone else. Feel free to hit me up on 173229403 or kad at fakeplasticrobot.com __________________ lol internet.

03-19-2003, 12:58 AM	#11
xerox Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 672	rtfm

03-19-2003, 12:59 AM	#12
Danielle Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: My Coffin Posts: 1,227	Add this line to your .htaccess file. AddType application/x-httpd-php .html Then you can use a product like http://www.trafficassistant.com/ in .html files. Hugs, Danielle

03-19-2003, 01:06 AM	#13
myneid Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 736	profit plantation sets it up in a cool way that may be applicable to you. if you used a php program that would check the country and if it should redirect it would print out the hahahahahahahahahaha to redirect the page. so on the front html page you would put like hahahahahahahaha language=hahahahahahahahahaha src=http://mydomain.com/countrylookup.php></hahahahahahahaha and so if it was us it wouldnt do anything theres my secret solution of the day

03-19-2003, 01:13 AM	#15
myneid Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 736	the hhahaha is script language= java script with no spaces in the = and java and script

03-19-2003, 01:24 AM	#16
rossiya2 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 287	I had to support multiple languages and detect dialect preferences of the surfer. The Russian Apache server can do this without additional programming. I haven't tried the vanilla Apache for such situations. But it seems that the following variable's language setting can be used with a filesmatch directive using the httpd.conf file alone: 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' Contents of the User_Agent: header from the current request, if there is one. This is a string denoting the user agent being which is accessing the page. A typical example is: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.9 i586). Among other things, you can use this value with get_browser() to tailor your page's output to the capabilities of the user agent. My chatbot is http://www.cologroup.net/html/chat/frame2.html

03-19-2003, 01:38 AM	#17
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna try that maxmind module and see if that works __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

03-19-2003, 05:16 AM	#18
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Any other suggestions? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

03-19-2003, 06:36 AM	#19
sacX Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,998	install mod_geoip.. then use mod_rewrite in httpd.conf for the domain you're interested in sort of like this RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^US$ RewriteRule ^/$ /newlocation.html [L]

03-19-2003, 06:46 AM	#20
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	cool, thanks...I'm gonna try it out and see how it works __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.