… then the server move has been successful. You are viewing the same old dog blog on a new server host, with a shorter and more memorable URL:
and its RSS feed:
If all goes well, all old links, RSS feeds, etc from the old host at cogdogblog.com/…../ will be automatically routed here. I will leave the redirects up for at least 6 months, if not longer.
Speaking of which, one gripe I have always had is when web developers move directories around, create new URLs and do not leave a forwarding note or path, and leave in their wake a long tail of broken links, bad search results, and a funky smell. If you are wise enough to be running an Apache server, it is bone easy to set up re-directs, if your server is set up to pay attention to .htaccess files. This is a simple file placed in the root directory of your server, and I am able to make any URL that starts with the old URL address permanently re-direct to the new one by adding a line on the jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu server:
Redirect 301 /cdb http://cogdogblog.com
This makes an automatic browser re-direct for any URL under my cdb/ directory to go to the new home.
And what a coincidence. I have written about this before. If you go to the old URL:
http://cogdogblog.com/2005/02/03/this-old/
as a living example, you will see in action what it does.
Web re-direction is something any web site manager should be able to handle without much effort.
Hey, NNW made the change to the feed URL for me! Sweet!
Yes, I notice that too. The Redirect HTTP status code sends a message that the URL change is permamant, so smart software like NetNewsWire and Google can automatically adjust links as well.