On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 20:39 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > On 12/19/2010 07:26 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 18:04 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > > >> The move requires a name change... I wish that it could be done without > >> invalidating existing links... > > I have been thinking about what can be done to make the name change as > > painless as possible, by using an htaccess file (or some other technical > > wizardry) at the new site and/or setting up a dummy site with the > > OOoAuthors domain name that simply redirects common links to the > > equivalent at the new site. (My webhost, Dreamhost, allows me to have as > > many domains on my account as I wish, without extra charge -- other than > > the annual cost of the domain names. However, they do not allow Plone > > sites, so putting the existing OOoAuthors site there is not possible.) > > > > No doubt many links will break, but at least they can be made to end up > > at the ODFAuthors home page rather than disappearing into cyberspace and > > throwing up a 404 Page Not Found error. > > Is it possible to blanket reroute any link directly into the current > site to a single point on the new site? If so, that may save time and > still get the point across. Main links to a proper place is even better, > but, there is a question of time and work.
I think Nino has mentioned the magic way to do it. I can never remember the technical details. > > > When we have agreed to move and change name, I will be discussing > > possibilities with our friends at OOo-DeV. > > I would have said that the over-whelming response was +1 regardless of > the discussion. I think we need to give it a few more days for other people to check in, to be fair. But yes, the response has certainly been overwhelmingly +1 so far. --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
