[TriLUG] HTML - breaking redirects gracefully

[Owen Berry]

Take a look at the Apache AliasMatch [1] or RedirectMatch [2]
directives. An example:

AliasMatch ^/affiliates/.*   /var/www/html/affindex.html
RedirectMatch ^/affiliates/.*   /var/www/html/affindex.html

You probably want the redirect but an alias will allow you to do the
same thing without a redirect, although you might need to use a base
href in the "affindex.html" page so that images, css files and
javascript get found correctly.

[1] http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html#aliasmatch
[2] http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html#redirectmatch

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:20:18PM -0500, Michael Rulison wrote:
> If off topic (OT) please discard.
> 
> But:
>     I am renovating a web site that consists of
>     1    directories and their contents all concerned with "Affiliates"
>                 all of these belong in a directory called "affiliates"
>     2    files that deal with "Affiliates"
>                 mostly these redirect the browser to some external web site
>     3    files that are NOT "affiliates.
>                 these should have a hierarchy but do not; they are 'flat'.
> 
> There are scores of each kind of file (1, 2, 3)
> 
> I have a new site in development with two major categories (ignoring
> css, assets, etc.)
>     affiliates - directories and their pages.
>     nonaffiliate pages (with an enclosing set of directories).
> 
> Problem: I want to get rid of all of group 2, above. But if I do, links
> printed on paper and in www sites across the country will break (404).
> Folks will be unhappy.
> 
> Is there a way to create a 'universal' and graceful redirect (from links
> that disappear if I delete group 2), to a place where users will get
> access to all the affiliate data in one comprehensive menu?  The menu is
> done and is linked to from the new site. But there are still scores of
> group 2 files glopping up the site That I want to delete..
> 
> I welcome your thoughts. And Thanks.
> 
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