From d6708441f2930953a0c451fb1edd86ba110b9a8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://kerravonsen.dreamwidth.org/" Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 07:07:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] more thoughts --- ...che_config_serves_index_directory_for_index.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bugs/po:__apache_config_serves_index_directory_for_index.mdwn b/doc/bugs/po:__apache_config_serves_index_directory_for_index.mdwn index 7a0e42b90..fd7cd518c 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/po:__apache_config_serves_index_directory_for_index.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/po:__apache_config_serves_index_directory_for_index.mdwn @@ -70,3 +70,16 @@ directory, rather than the site's index page! >>> web servers need to be configured differently to serve translated >>> and non-translated sites. The current apache configuration for po >>> can be used with non-po sites and they still work. --[[Joey]] + +>>>> I am vulnerable to the same problem because I use MultiViews, though I don't use the `po` module; +>>>> I have to serve both Australian English and American English for my company's website +>>>> (for SEO purposes; certain words that relate to our products are spelt differently in US and Australian English, and we need to be able to be googled with both spellings). +>>>> I'm just fortunate that nobody has thought to add attachments to the front page yet. +>>>> I raise this to point out that this is going to be a recurring problem that won't necessarily be fixed by changing the `po` module in isolation. +>>>> +>>>> One could argue that "index" is already a special case, since it is the top page of the site. +>>>> Things like parentlinks already use a special case for the top page (checking the variable HAS_PARENTLINKS). +>>>> Likewise, when --usedirs is true, index is treated as a special case, since it generates "index.html" and not "index/index.html". +>>>> +>>>> Unfortunately, I'm not sure what the best approach to solving this would be. +>>>> --[[KathrynAndersen]] -- 2.39.5