Site Tweaking

October 16, 2005

The canonical URL for this site has always been http://operalover.tntluoma.com/8/.

Tonight I changed it to http://operalover.tntluoma.com/

Why?

Well, because there’s a lot of stuff here that probably won’t change to much in the future. it’s not tied to a particular version of Opera. (In fact I’ve been looking back at some of the material from the Opera6 and Opera7 Lover series and realize there’s a lot of stuff there which is still valid for Opera8).

So, I’ve changed it.

Now I would have liked to have set it up with mod_rewrite so that anyone who came to /8/some_path_here would automatically get sent to /some_path_here instead, but mod_rewrite hurts my head, makes my eyes bleed, and causes grey stuff to seep from my ears (the good news is that the grey stuff tastes yummy on a cracker).

If anyone knows mod_rewrite and would be willing to help, please let me know. All of the examples I found seemed to revolve around adding something to the URL, not taking it away. It looks to be especially tricky to redirect /8/ to / without screwing up /8/foo_bar to /foo_bar

  • Maybe I've misunderstood the problem, but isn't the mod_rewrite rule you want...


    RewriteRule ^/8(.*) $1


    (TjL writes: I decided just to set up 'permanent redirection' statements in .htaccess, as the site has changed not only in terms of /8/ but also adding categories)

  • Rob A

    Is there anyway to view the opera7 series?


    (TjL writes: not yet, but I plan to bring the still-relevant parts over here)

  • Rob A

    I mean will there ever be a completely different site for the old series? I like to read over the old stuff.


    ((TjL writes: it will depend on the time I have to devote to it. The best answer I can give is "hopefully"))

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