Question

Im placing no script tag on my master page that if a user dont have javascript enabled or its browsers doesnt support javascript it redirect to a specific view. im using this code

 <noscript>    
  <% Response.Redirect("../UserLogin/Error");  %>
 </noscript>

but the problem is its redirecting me everytime i open the page although my javascript is enabled. Im using asp.net mvc2 what may be the problem or is there is any other way to do this?

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Solution

The tag noscript is evaluated in the client (browser). The server doesn't know if client has script support, so every time it redirects.

EDIT

Explain better: the server just creates a string (HTML) and send it to browser. It doesn't parse to see if browser has script support.

EDIT 2

You can use meta refresh tag. See:

<head>
    <noscript>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://example.com/" />
    <!-- Redirect to http://example.com/ immediately -->
    </noscript>
</head>

I tested in firefox and works.

OTHER TIPS

Response.Redirect is executed on the server side and it will send a 302 status code to the browser which will automatically redirect. You probably want:

<noscript>    
    Please enable javascript to use this site.
</noscript>
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