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As already stated, of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method (some companies apparently...
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#3: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-08-23T08:26:21Z (over 3 years ago)
- As [already stated](https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/283640/283641#answer-283641), of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method ([some companies apparently actually do that](https://www.troyhunt.com/why-no-https-the-2021-version/)); using `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` is another. With the Javascript approach, you can even have the client pick the target URL based on some heuristic that is impractical to determine on the server.
- **However, that's not what you appear to discuss in your question.**
- What you are asking about seems to be whether it's possible to have the server "react" to some (unspecified here) condition by showing either "document X" or "document Y" in a modal in a larger web page. (Keeping in mind that a web page "modal" is really a web page, client construct; it's only modal insofar as something in the web page itself makes the other parts of the web page inaccessible while the modal is being displayed.)
- Which, of course, is also possible. But since the server is making the selection, it can't be front-end, because front-end is generally in these contexts taken to mean *something done by the client*. Which, when considering web pages, will typically *but not always* be a web browser.
To do what you are asking, the two obvious options are to **either include the raw file contents in the larger page using whatever means your web development stack provides for that, or include the URL to one page or another as a document reference** (for example for an `<iframe>` source).- No front-end logic required.
- As [already stated](https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/283640/283641#answer-283641), of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method ([some companies apparently actually do that](https://www.troyhunt.com/why-no-https-the-2021-version/)); using `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` is another. With the Javascript approach, you can even have the client pick the target URL based on some heuristic that is impractical to determine on the server.
- **However, that's not what you appear to discuss in your question.**
- What you are asking about seems to be whether it's possible to have the server "react" to some (unspecified here) condition by showing either "document X" or "document Y" in a modal in a larger web page. (Keeping in mind that a web page "modal" is really a web page, client construct; it's only modal insofar as something in the web page itself makes the other parts of the web page inaccessible while the modal is being displayed.)
- Which, of course, is also possible. But since the server is making the selection, it can't be front-end, because front-end is generally in these contexts taken to mean *something done by the client*. Which, when considering web pages, will typically *but not always* be a web browser.
- To do what you are asking, the two obvious options are to **either include the raw file contents in the larger page using whatever means your web development stack provides for that, or include the URL to one page or another as a document reference** (for example for an `<iframe>` source). In the former case the contents of that file must fit appropriately wherever it gets included; in the latter case, the page referenced must be a complete web page in its own right.
- No front-end logic required.
#2: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-08-22T08:21:54Z (over 3 years ago)
- As [already stated](https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/283640/283641#answer-283641), of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method ([some companies apparently actually do that](https://www.troyhunt.com/why-no-https-the-2021-version/)); using `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` is another. With the Javascript approach, you can even have the client pick the target URL based on some heuristic that is impractical to determine on the server.
- **However, that's not what you appear to discuss in your question.**
What you are asking about seems to be whether it's possible to have the server "react" to some (unspecified here) condition by showing either "document X" or "document Y" in a modal in a larger web page.- Which, of course, is also possible. But since the server is making the selection, it can't be front-end, because front-end is generally in these contexts taken to mean *something done by the client*. Which, when considering web pages, will typically *but not always* be a web browser.
- To do what you are asking, the two obvious options are to **either include the raw file contents in the larger page using whatever means your web development stack provides for that, or include the URL to one page or another as a document reference** (for example for an `<iframe>` source).
- No front-end logic required.
- As [already stated](https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/283640/283641#answer-283641), of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method ([some companies apparently actually do that](https://www.troyhunt.com/why-no-https-the-2021-version/)); using `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` is another. With the Javascript approach, you can even have the client pick the target URL based on some heuristic that is impractical to determine on the server.
- **However, that's not what you appear to discuss in your question.**
- What you are asking about seems to be whether it's possible to have the server "react" to some (unspecified here) condition by showing either "document X" or "document Y" in a modal in a larger web page. (Keeping in mind that a web page "modal" is really a web page, client construct; it's only modal insofar as something in the web page itself makes the other parts of the web page inaccessible while the modal is being displayed.)
- Which, of course, is also possible. But since the server is making the selection, it can't be front-end, because front-end is generally in these contexts taken to mean *something done by the client*. Which, when considering web pages, will typically *but not always* be a web browser.
- To do what you are asking, the two obvious options are to **either include the raw file contents in the larger page using whatever means your web development stack provides for that, or include the URL to one page or another as a document reference** (for example for an `<iframe>` source).
- No front-end logic required.
#1: Initial revision
by
Canina
·
2021-08-22T08:18:54Z (over 3 years ago)
As [already stated](https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/283640/283641#answer-283641), of course it's possible to do a redirection in the front end by telling the browser to request a different URL. Using Javascript is one possible method ([some companies apparently actually do that](https://www.troyhunt.com/why-no-https-the-2021-version/)); using `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` is another. With the Javascript approach, you can even have the client pick the target URL based on some heuristic that is impractical to determine on the server. **However, that's not what you appear to discuss in your question.** What you are asking about seems to be whether it's possible to have the server "react" to some (unspecified here) condition by showing either "document X" or "document Y" in a modal in a larger web page. Which, of course, is also possible. But since the server is making the selection, it can't be front-end, because front-end is generally in these contexts taken to mean *something done by the client*. Which, when considering web pages, will typically *but not always* be a web browser. To do what you are asking, the two obvious options are to **either include the raw file contents in the larger page using whatever means your web development stack provides for that, or include the URL to one page or another as a document reference** (for example for an `<iframe>` source). No front-end logic required.