[Foss4g2009] FOSS4G 2009 Website

[Cameron Shorter]

Paul, I hate you for suggesting this so late in the debate and forcing 
me to go back on a decision I felt was final.

I'm +1 for http://2009.foss4g.org for all marketing material.

With all other variations redirecting to that URL.

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> While there is some love for
>
> http://www.foss4g.org/2009
>
> may I put my oar in for
>
> http://2009.foss4g.org
>
> Since the latter can be easily pointed to non-osgeo boxes, while the
> former will require redirects or proxypasses to do so.
>
> (Moving to YYYY.foss4g.org also allows us to point those numbers
> directly at the 2007 and 2006 sites for instant gratification.)
>
> Also, as Jason Birch pointed out to me in 2007, for optimal search
> ranking, you want to choose *one* canonical domain name and redirect
> to that, not have 5 urls all answering.
>
> So, rather than having
>
> http://www.foss4g2009.org/hotels.html
> http://www.foss4g.org/2009/hotels.html
> http://foss4g2009.org/hotels.html
> http://2009.foss4g.org/hotels.html
>
> all return content, only *one* should return content, and all the rest
> should 304 to that one.
>
> Paul
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Dave Patton <davep at confluence.org> wrote:
>   
>> On 2008/09/23 10:04 AM, Dave Patton wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> As far as I know, here's what needs to be done:
>>>       
>>> 2)
>>> Configure "that box". Presumably entails
>>> setting up a public-facing directory for
>>> the root web directory, and Apache config
>>> (virtual host?) to support HTTP requests
>>> in the form www.foss4g.org/YYYY/ and
>>> www.foss4gYYYY.org (e.g. via suitable
>>> Apache Rewrite rules).
>>>       
>> Also, have a rewrite rule for requests that
>> use the subdomain: foss4g2009.foss4g.org
>>
>>     
>>> 4)
>>> Setup DNS entries for www.foss4g.org
>>> (presumably already in place) and
>>> www.foss4gYYYY.org to point to the
>>> IP for "that box".
>>>       
>> If the DNS entry is already in place
>> for foss4g.org such that any subdomian
>> such as foss4g2009.foss4g.org will go
>> to "that box", then nothing more needs
>> to be done, but if not, then create a
>> DNS entry for foss4g2009.foss4g.org
>>
>> --
>> Dave Patton
>> CIS Canadian Information Systems
>> Victoria, B.C.
>>
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>>
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>> Conference Committee member
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>>
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