[Pydotorg-redesign] Graphic redesign

[Steve Holden]

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>     Steve> I agree that we need to perform some restructuring
> that will make
>     Steve> the existing directory structure questionable at
> best. It would
>     Steve> be nice if we could avoid breaking links in the
> process, but
>     Steve> that's quite a problem: each existing page would need to be
>     Steve> replaced by a redirect, whether implemented as a
> server redirect
>     Steve> or some other way.
>
> mod_rewrite to the rescue!  It's not hard to do simple
> redirects.  It's just
> figuring out what to redirect to.  You can also do it on an
> on-demand basis,
> by only establishing redirects for pages which frequently
> turn up in the
> error log as 404s and let rarely visited pages die.
>
Yes, it's the "figuring out what to redirect to" that I was referrring
to as the significant task. There's nothing worse than following a link
and getting a 404, particularly if it's expressed in the terms Microsoft
use.

["Hi, we realise you really want this piece of information but we
couldn't be arsed leaving it where it was, or even leaving something
behind to help you, so you are completely stuffed and you'll just have
to start searching all over again. Have a nice day!"].

grumpi-ly y'rs  - steve
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