[TriLUG] permlinks or redirect management in Apache

[Tony Spencer]

I would manage this in .htaccess but I would first see if you can't  
manage to change your app so that there is always only one URL per  
piece of content.


On Mar 18, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Christopher L Merrill wrote:

> We have an increasing number of places in our product where we launch
> a browser for the user to give them information on our website, using
> URLs that are hard-coded into our app.
>
> I'd like to future-proof this linkage between our code and the website
> structure - since things on the site tend to move around a bit.
> So far, I've considered these options:
> 1) redirects in httpd.conf
>   Works, but requires editing httpd.conf. I'd like to keep admins  
> out of
>   the loop, but don't really want anyone (me included) touching  
> httpd.conf
>   unless necessary. It also requires an apache restart...also  
> something I
>   would like to avoid.
> 2) a permanent-link product that was suggested by a co-worker  
> (codeignite?).
>   It is a bit heavy for our needs - using a database and all.
>
> I'd guess there are many other solutions available - any suggestions?
> I'd prefer something that is easy (and safe) for non-admins to manage,
> but it doesn't need to be pretty.  Editing a text file on the server
> is fine.  Easy of installation and efficiency would also be high on my
> list.  We only have a few dozen of these links to manage, and I don't
> see it climbing above 100 in the next few years.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Chris
>
>
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