Ever noticed that
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html
is **incredibly** long?
It was a wonderful step forward to have the current docs constantly
referenced like this and I'm sure it's helped the google rank etc. I'm
also sure it made things much easier to find for those 2-3 people a year
that actually read the docs before they post.. oops, off on a tangent there.
Unfortunately I can't find the reference right now, but somewhere out
there on the internet is an article written many years ago about making
the perfect URL. This URL would stand the test of time against back end
changes, language changes, server changes and countless other travesties
of time.
Here's the gist.
Make it as short as possible.
Don't restrict it to a file extention like php,php3,asp
Make it easy to type for those not using search engines. (I added that)
The original author made it so much more compelling. Anyway.
I propose that we use a one line command to change the URL for the docs
forever! Not by breaking the existing filing system we have or stuffing
up the mirrors (hopefully). Using "ln -s" or apache rewrite, we change
the docs URL to :
http://www.exim.org/docs/
And let's throw a targeted goggle search at the top too, just for kicks.
I can see how this might confuse people looking for the filter spec
instead of the manual/exim spec, but I'm sure we can get around that by
sticking the filter spec in as a link
(Sorry Nigel)
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The Exim Manual
http://www.exim.org/docs.html
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/index.html
