That's why a good 404 error is needed... The Mozilla web site fits into
the category under "We just reorginized out website to make it better."
(Yes, it really does say 'out'). In the section, it mentions that there
is a possibility that the old URI's can be orginized so poorly that they
have to be pulled down.
When I say a good 404, I mean where the 404 fires a CGI script that has
a datbase of what file moved where. It can then return something along
the lines of:
404 File not Found
The file you are looking for is longer at this location.
Possible new location: <URL_GOES_HERE>
I can dig through my old perl scripts and see if I can come up with the
basic framework for this.
Braden McDaniel wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ben Bucksch"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Then create a future-compatible URL structure. I remember an article
>> about that on useit / www.w3c.org.
>
>
> This is probably what you were remembering:
>
> <http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI>
>
> Anyone contributing to this thread who hasn't read that article should do
> so immediately.
>
> Braden
