On 6/14/11 12:32 AM, "Nicolas Charles" <nicolas.char...@normation.com> wrote: > Great ! > I really like the new website, it's very neat, and it's much more easier > to find everything
+1 -- nice and clean. Great job on the redesign. > However, previous links from external site won't work anymore. Could it > be possible to have URL rewriting so that links would still work ? > For instance, http://www.ohloh.net/p/cfengine links to several pages > from the old website, an now it redirects to the home page. > > Same, I used to have a lot of bookmarks and links to the manual ( like > http://www.cfengine.org/manuals/cf3-reference.html#Normal-ordering ), > which are not workable not anymore ... This also made me sad. I'll deal, and search engines will index the new stuff... But I once heard Tim Lee describe the web as an "API" -- new versions should not break old "function calls". I really liked that in theory, though in practice most sites often break old links. Of course managing all the redirects takes time, and if old web logs are still available one method of mapping old URIs to new (beyond just rewriting 1-to-1, since that won't work when the entire site map changes) while getting the most return on the invested time would be to do a quick analysis of web logs from past 6-12 months (if you have them), and minimally ensure the top 10% of frequently accessed URIs redirect as intended. The "easy" way, I guess, since the most-confused will likely be new(er) folks trying to find manuals by following web/email/forum links, would be to have your 404 page redirect to the main doc page. :-) _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
