[WebCom] New aliases on web site

Tyler Mitchell tylermitchell at shaw.ca
Sun Dec 31 02:36:55 EST 2006


Ooops, I notice that image links aren't working in my new aliases,  
but I'll have a look at fixing that.

Tyler

On 30-Dec-06, at 9:15 PM, Tyler Mitchell wrote:

> I've added (not replaced) several aliases on the new site, so that  
> projects can be easily found without having to use the legacy URLs.
>
> Now you can access projects (other than openlayers and geonetwork)  
> using the simple pattern:
> http://osgeo.org/<project>
>
> Eg. http://osgeo.org/geodata
> http://osgeo.org/gdal_ogr  (also just gdal or just ogr)
> http://osgeo.org/mapserver
> ...etc.
>
> Of course we can change this to a more complex pattern, but since  
> we will have a fixed number of OSGeo projects, I think this is a  
> good move and maximises 'guessability'.  I'm happy to revisit any  
> de-facto decision we've made about the site during this rush.. so  
> don't hesitate if you want to debate it.
>
> Any last minute changes or issues people want to see before the  
> switch gets thrown?
>
> Tyler
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