[pmwiki-users] Can redirect send 301?

Ryan R. Varick rvarick at gmail.com
Sat Jun 17 00:54:21 CDT 2006


I'm thinking of substantially reorganizing my wiki within the next few
weeks.  I'd like to be somewhat graceful, leaving my (:redirect:)'s on
all my current pages.  Using wget, I see that redirect pages send HTTP
302 (moved temporarily).  Is there any provision to send HTTP 301 -- a
(:moved:) directive, perhaps?

I guess the broader question is whether or not this is necessary.  I'd
like to give Google, et al a chance to properly reindex my site
without causing too much trouble.  Does this sound like a good
approach?  Is 302 sufficient?  I don't know that much about HTTP and
search engines.    I do know that I will want to get rid of my old
pages after a few months, if only because I like a tidy server.

Ryan




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