Question

I’ve never learnt JavaScript, but I imagine this is quite a simple problem. Just wanted to know which method is most advised these days.

Answer 1

// use this to avoid redirects when a user clicks 'back' in their browser window.location.replace('http://somewhereelse.com');  // use this to redirect, a back button call will trigger the redirection again window.location.href = 'http://somewhereelse.com';  // given for completeness, essentially an alias to window.location.href window.location = 'http://somewhereelse.com'; 

edit: looks like the user who posted the better answer has left SO, i’ve consolidated his answers here.