[Zope] Site evolution and redirection strategies

[Andy McKay]

Take a look at http://www.dataflake.org/software/jredirector
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  Andy McKay
  Agmweb Consulting
  http://www.agmweb.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Hansen" <howardh@halfmagic.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: [Zope] Site evolution and redirection strategies


> We're contemplating some major changes to our sites that will break many
> existing URLs.  In our first transition (from Front Page to Zope!), I
> handled the issue by matching the old URLs and creating a few DTML Methods
> with code along the lines of:
>
>     <dtml-call expr="RESPONSE.redirect('index_html')">
>
> This works fine, but it's not terribly clear what's going on.  It seems
like
> it would be reasonably trivial (i.e., within my powers) to create a python
> product that stored the new destination and performed the redirection.
This
> product would have the advantage of looking different than a simple DTML
> method.
>
> This morning I got a list from my boss of old URLs and their new names,
> which got me thinking....  What if there existed a centralized redirection
> product that allowed me to enter lists of old and new URLs and have the
> redirection automagically happen?  Seems to me that this starts to get
into
> the realm of acquisition and other deep voodoo magic best left alone.
>
> I'm leaning toward creating the simple product and leaving it at that, or
> perhaps additionally creating a script that generates the redirect objects
> automatically from my list of old and new URLs.
>
> So I'd love to hear your wisdom.  How have people handled this problem in
> the past?  Do products like these already exist?  Are there any gotchas
that
> I haven't considered?
>
> Any and all help appreciated, as always!
>
> Howard Hansen
> http://howardsmusings.com
>
>
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