[Pydotorg-redesign] Experimenting with subdomains

[Aahz]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2003, Trevor Toenjes wrote:
>Aahz:
>>
>> In theory, yes; in practice, I'm not thrilled because of the mirror
>> issue.  For strictly experimental work, I think it'd be fine to use an
>> HTML refresh.
> 
> how is the mirror handled?
> is there some type of python/backend-synch, XML,
> or are we simply talking about a static HTML copy?

The latter, using rsync.

> if the latter, then mod_rewrite Apache to redirect directory requests
> to the appropriate areas on the file system.  Setup the legacy
> content in one area, which should continue to be the repository for
> documentation and be fast.  And setup a CMS(zope) to operate the
> homepage and spawn new subpages from there.

I'm not opposed to this, but I'm wary about a mixed setup.
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