Rails - Jun 2006 - Migrating to rails... best way to redirect old urls?

Hey all -

I''m migrating an app from PHP to Rails and was wondering what the best
way
to redirect the old urls are.  I would like to do a 301 as I''m told
that
makes Google the happiest.

We''re using lighty as the server and I believe it has rewrite 
capabilities, but I can''t get to their site right now.

Anyway, I''m wondering if it''s best handled in lighty?  Or by
adding a
bunch of routes, or by having a handler catch what would be 404''s then
run
some custom code and if I can find a match, redirect them, otherwise, 
return 404.

We have quite a few urls and I''d like to automatically map as many as 
possible.

Seems like the last option would be best since it would only happen if 
rails didn''t catch it already....

Pointers?  Suggestions?

Thanks!

-philip

> a handler catch what would be 404''s then run
> some custom code and if I can find a match, redirect them, otherwise,
> return 404.
id stick with routes.rb rather than inventing your own, since it works 
quite well and you can constrain by regex if needed..
> 
> We have quite a few urls and I''d like to automatically map as many
as
> possible.
routes.rb for the ones youd like to keep, and send the rest to the 
301/404 bin. redoing a drupal site in rails my threshold was do the 
names even make sense. eg /article/tagname was ditched, since id expect 
an articleid or shorturl to follow, not a tag... use your judgement,
i''m
sure its good..

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On Jun 9, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Philip Hallstrom wrote:
> Hey all -
>
> I''m migrating an app from PHP to Rails and was wondering what the
> best way to redirect the old urls are.  I would like to do a 301 as  
> I''m told that makes Google the happiest.
>
> We''re using lighty as the server and I believe it has rewrite  
> capabilities, but I can''t get to their site right now.
>
> Anyway, I''m wondering if it''s best handled in lighty?  Or
by adding
> a bunch of routes, or by having a handler catch what would be
404''s
> then run some custom code and if I can find a match, redirect them,  
> otherwise, return 404.
>
> We have quite a few urls and I''d like to automatically map as many
> as possible.
>
> Seems like the last option would be best since it would only happen  
> if rails didn''t catch it already....
>
> Pointers?  Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -philip
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Philip-

	There is a funny plugin out there called Legacy Interop. Which  
allows your to emulate your old urls. Check it out , it might help  
you transition your app over to rails.

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Legacy+Interop

-Ezra