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Traditional .htaccess or
<!--[if lt IE 7]><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=/assets/errors/ie.html"/><![endif]-->
methods don't work to redirect users in Craft.
I know it may seem taboo, but quite frankly I don't want anyone who is using IE7 or below to access my site. I'd like to completely redirect them to a separate page/template that will instruct them on why they can't see the site and how to upgrade.
Any ideas how best to achieve this?
Cheers, Mark.
I agree with Bryan, personally I like to use the Browser-Update.org notification.
Nevertheless, if you want to use .htaccess just make sure you put your redirect code before Crafts routing:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect old Browsers
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "MSIE [1-7]" [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://something.com/else [R=301,L]
# Crafts routing
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
I can't understand why you would simply turn users away. It's part of why we use graceful degradation. It's ugly but usable in browsers that are old like IE7. In Craft's case, there's nothing stopping those methods from working because they are outside Craft's control. This is probably an IE7 bug.
My suggestion is to keep the users and just show them ugly content, or even add a div that explains why it's ugly. If it's really that important to redirect, use JavaScript. It works mostly fine in IE.
