[Zope] New Zope site... maybe

[abg@comco-inc.com]

This is exactly the eventuality that EZ404
(http://www.zope.org/Members/abgillette/EZ404) was created to handle.

> Sure, but now we are talking Zope. And with Zope, directory/ and
> directory/index_html is usually the same thing (and should 
> IMO always be the
> same thing).
> 
> > Additionally, I don't have much influence on the way other 
> people create
> > external links to our webpages :-(
> 
> Exactly. Thats why redirections are A Good Thing. But they 
> should be done
> right. There is no reason to configure the web so that the 
> new site has
> exactly the same URL's as the old. The old rather should 
> redirect the old
> URLs to the correct place, instead of redirecting the new 
> URL's to the old
> place.
> 
> See for example http://www.regebro.nu/lennart/NetWare.html, 
> which redirects
> you to http://lennart.regebro.nu/netware/
> No problemo. Very nice, and very easy to do with Zope. That 
> is the best way
> to handle old link: Make sure they work, by redirecting them 
> to the new
> links. Transparent for the user, easy for the webmanagers and 
> gives you the
> correct, new URL.