[Zope] New Zope site... maybe
abg@comco-inc.com
abg@comco-inc.com
Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:21:05 -0600
This is exactly the eventuality that EZ404
(http://www.zope.org/Members/abgillette/EZ404) was created to handle.
> Sure, but now we are talking Zope. And with Zope, directory/ and
> directory/index_html is usually the same thing (and should
> IMO always be the
> same thing).
>
> > Additionally, I don't have much influence on the way other
> people create
> > external links to our webpages :-(
>
> Exactly. Thats why redirections are A Good Thing. But they
> should be done
> right. There is no reason to configure the web so that the
> new site has
> exactly the same URL's as the old. The old rather should
> redirect the old
> URLs to the correct place, instead of redirecting the new
> URL's to the old
> place.
>
> See for example http://www.regebro.nu/lennart/NetWare.html,
> which redirects
> you to http://lennart.regebro.nu/netware/
> No problemo. Very nice, and very easy to do with Zope. That
> is the best way
> to handle old link: Make sure they work, by redirecting them
> to the new
> links. Transparent for the user, easy for the webmanagers and
> gives you the
> correct, new URL.