Redirect to home page if cart is empty in magento

Redirect to home page if cart is empty

1. In app/design/frontend/default/your-theme/template/checkout/cart/noItems.phtml add (this may not be the best solution but does work)
   

   
    <?php
    Mage::app()->getResponse()->setRedirect($this->getContinueShoppingUrl());
    ?>

2. Create an observer (try controller_action_predispatch_checkout_cart_delete) that check if your cart is empty then redirect see to the home page (for redirecting from observer see)
   
3. Using javascript and timer so that the user will see that there cart is empty before redirecting to home page (see time delayed redirect?) Add code below to noItems.phtml see solution #1
   

   <script>

    setTimeout(function
    () {

      window.location.href
    = "<?php echo $this->getContinueShoppingUrl() ?>";
    //will redirect  to your blog page (an ex: blog.html)

    },
    2000); //will call the function after 2 secs.

   </script>