As other posters have mentioned, keeping the files in another directory and redirecting using rules in mod_rewrite is usually the most maintainable route.
Chris On 13/01/2011, at 3:24 AM, nan wich wrote: > I should clarify that one. There are many, many redirects, possibly no longer > needed) from the old site to the new one because there are search engines and > other sites that point to the old addresses. > > Nancy > > > Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, > Jr. > > > > From: Don > > I don't think Apache redirects would even need to be removed unless you want > a custom 404 page. The '-d' and -f' flags tell the rewrite rule to ignore any > real files.