Hi Andrea, Am 04.04.20 um 18:48 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > Dave Fisher wrote: >> I plan to investigate what happens if we map those sub domains. > > I don't think we have an issue here. I mean, if someone writes > "extension" instead of the proper "extensions" this is just a typo, > right? By that metric, then we should also redirect "ww" to "www", > typos like "extentions" to "extensions" and so on. I don't think it is > worth it. > >> test if a dns change will help. If it will then we can ask Infra to >> change the dns records. > > No, a DNS change is definitely not the way to go. > > Thanks to the "universal redirect" we have in place to accommodate > legacy (pre-2011) openoffice.org subdomains, I think we can fix this > as follows: > > - Right now, the wrong URL "extension.openoffice.org" goes to > http://www.openoffice.org/projects/extension/ (which does not exist) > > - We simply put something there (and we can do this with a simple SVN > commit) like: > --- > OpenOffice Extensions: see https://extensions.openoffice.org > OpenOffice Templates: see https://templates.openoffice.org > --- > and no automated redirect.
That sounds good! Can you set up a simple page? We can add some graphics afterwards... Regards, Matthias > > Anything else will lead people to use wrong URLs and distribute them, > and will make any future changes more complex. This way we still help > people who write the wrong URL, but we make clear which URL is correct. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
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