I think the same discussion is going in paraller in 2 threads: this one -- "National web sites (Basque)", and in "Website: Detecting Visitor's Locale". At the latter thread, the notion tends towards using JavaScript for auto-redirection; that would allow a user to bypass .htaccess auto-redirection, by using the language dropdown and override the redirection of the machine from that moment on (on refresh, and future visits). I suggest to reply only to the latter thread, since the subject line is more relevant.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 10:26:07AM -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > > >> Can the Mozilla scenario be replicated at <http://www.openoffice.org > >? > > > > > > Mozilla uses Python[1] on its server; AFAIK the ASF does not use/allow > > > server-side scripting, so the solution needs to be implemented on the > > > client-side. > > That should read "AFAIK the ASF does not use/allow server-side scripting > at project level"; mirrors seem to be handled with a Python script, if > this is the code > > https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/dyn/mirrors/mirrors.cgi?view=markup > > > > Though we should be able to do redirects via Apache HTTP Server and > > mod_rewrite. That can look at request headers and pick out the > > Accept-Language header, right? > > yes, this can even be done in .htaccess (see the tool > http://www.htaccesstools.com/redirection-by-language/ ); I assume that > only www.openoffice.org/index.html it planned to be redirected, > otherwise the whole English content will need to be moved to /en-us/, > which might break things. > > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina > -- טל
