[Sigia-l] Handling broken links?: RE: Converting static...to CMS

[Patrick Neeman]

Here's a clever solution I used on another site.

Most servers have a feature where you can set up custom error pages for
error-404 not found. Based on the page that it is detected they are going
to, you can program a javascript page that redirects them to the right page.
That way all of the management of the number of pages is in one page/place
(reducing page management issues), and you can get them to the right place.

If you have any questions, give me a call.

P@


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> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] 
> On Behalf Of Nicole Colovos
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:05 AM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Handling broken links?: RE: Converting 
> static...to CMS
> 
> 
> Donna's your response was very helpful to me. I was wondering if I 
> could ask for further info about  broken links.
> 
> I have a client who is converting a static site. The new site will be 
> much easier to navigate however we do not want to effect 
> users who have 
> bookmarked the HTML pages. Is there a smart way to solve this 
> problem? 
> Donna mentioned in her response that  "...if you are moving to a CMS, 
> you should be taking advantage of some of the automatic functions 
> included."  Is this an automatic function that is standard with most 
> CMSs? Accept my apology if this is an elementary question, I 
> am kind of 
> a newbie.
> 
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