# Subdomains and old urls **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [April 8, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176 "2008-04-08T17:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/1 "2008-04-08T17:09:31Z")
I’m currently moving my blog over to Radiant. I would like to preserve the old links if possible but at the same time move the blog part of the site to a subdomain [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com). For example I wrote an article on redundant firewalls and the old url is [羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://randomutterings.com/articles/2007/06/15/redundant-failover-firewall-with-pf-pfsync-and-carp-on-freebsdI) want the new url to be [http://blog.randomutterings.com/2007/06/15/redundant-failover-firewall-with-pf-pfsync-and-carp-on-freebsdbut](http://blog.randomutterings.com/2007/06/15/redundant-failover-firewall-with-pf-pfsync-and-carp-on-freebsdbut) at the same time I would like to have the old url forward the user to the new one if that is possible. Any suggestions are welcome. – Chris B. [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/2 "2008-04-08T23:02:49Z")
Chris, This sounds like a good candidate for an extension. The basic strategy would be to override either SiteController.show\_page or Page.find\_by\_url to search for a page that has the passed legacy URL (you’ll need to add a field in the database), in the case that the requested URL was not found. If a page is found, do a Permanent redirection (301 IIRC) to the new URL. If it isn’t found, pass through the FileNotFoundPage or exception. Sean ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/3 "2008-04-08T23:31:31Z")
I wouldn’t mind working on that if there were enough interest. Does anyone else need this? Also can someone help me to set the blog page of my site to use a subdomain? On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > [http://randomutterings.com/articles/2007/06/15/redundant-failover-firewall-with-pf-pfsync-and-carp-on-freebsdI](http://randomutterings.com/articles/2007/06/15/redundant-failover-firewall-with-pf-pfsync-and-carp-on-freebsdI) > > Radiant mailing list > > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) – Chris B. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/4 "2008-04-09T06:45:39Z")
Chris B. wrote: > I wouldn’t mind working on that if there were enough interest. Does anyone > else need this? Also can someone help me to set the blog page of my site to > use a subdomain? Hi Chris, Might be able to help with your second question but I’m not sure I understand it fully. What do you mean by: > Also can someone help me to set the blog page of my site to > use a subdomain? If you mean can it run like the way my Radiant site is running at [http://t-engine.onghu.com](http://t-engine.onghu.com) instead of htttp://www.onghu.com/ then I can help you with it. Cheers Mohit. ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/5 "2008-04-09T15:02:14Z")
My site runs under [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com). The live site is still on typo so ignore that. Once I finish changing over to radiant, the blog will be at [www.randomutterings.com/blog/](http://www.randomutterings.com/blog/). I would like to make the blog run at [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com) instead. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Mohit S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi Chris, > help you with it. – Chris B. [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/6 "2008-04-17T05:50:28Z")
I ended up leaving the blog on typo and its running at [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com). The rest of the site is now on radiant at [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com). Can anyone tell me the simplest way to do a 301 redirect in Radiant? I have 3 or 4 articles that moved to the blog subdomain and I would like to create pages in Radiant with their old urls and redirect them to the new ones. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Mohit S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > OK, I fear I may not be able to help with that. If your blog (only) was > on Radiant, it would be quite simple. That’s the bit I’ve done ☹ > > Sorry but I think someone else will need to jump in here 😑 > > Cheers, > Mohit. > 4/9/2008 | 11:17 PM. – Chris B. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/7 "2008-04-09T17:19:41Z")
Chris B. wrote: > My site runs under [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) > [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com). The live site is still on typo so > ignore that. Once I finish changing over to radiant, the blog will be > at [www.randomutterings.com/blog/](http://www.randomutterings.com/blog/) > [http://www.randomutterings.com/blog/](http://www.randomutterings.com/blog/). I would like to make the blog > run at [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com) [http://blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com) > instead. OK, I fear I may not be able to help with that. If your blog (only) was on Radiant, it would be quite simple. That’s the bit I’ve done ☹ Sorry but I think someone else will need to jump in here 😑 Cheers, Mohit. 4/9/2008 | 11:17 PM. ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/8 "2008-04-17T15:31:47Z")
I may be dense here but I’m not getting it from the readme. How can I use the multi-site plugin to create 301 redirects? On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Arik J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > 301 > > > > > > > > > Chris B. > > [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Radiant mailing list > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) – Chris B. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/9 "2008-04-17T15:47:07Z")
I did something similar for Redken… essentially create a new Page type called RedirectPage that does the redirection for you: class RedirectPage \< Page def process(request, response) response.redirect(part(:body).content, “301 Moved Permanently”) end end Then fill in the URL in the “body” part of the page and set the page type to “Redirect”. Of course, this will need to be in an extension. (Also, I’m not 100% positive on the syntax above, be sure to check.) Sean ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/10 "2008-04-17T17:18:02Z")
How do you get the new page type to show as an option under page types in the radiant admin? On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > to “Redirect”. Of course, this will need to be in an extension. (Also, I’m > > > 301 > > > > > > > > > > > > 4/9/2008 | 11:17 PM. > > > Radiant mailing list > > > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > > > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) – Chris B. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/11 "2008-04-17T17:23:05Z")
Chris B. wrote: > How do you get the new page type to show as an option under page types > in the radiant admin? The way I’ve done it in the past is (example from my Schools extension): In …/schools/schools\_extension.rb def activate admin.tabs.add “Schools”, “/manage/schools”, :after =\> “Layouts”, :visibility =\> [:all] SchoolPage end In …/schools/app/models/school\_page.rb class SchoolPage \< Page … … … end ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/12 "2008-04-17T10:12:59Z")
Checkout the multi-site plugin below. I think it would work well for what you need. 🙂 [http://svn.radiantcms.org/radiant/trunk/extensions/multi\_site/README](http://svn.radiantcms.org/radiant/trunk/extensions/multi_site/README) Chris B. wrote: > I ended up leaving the blog on typo and its running at > [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com). The rest of the site is now on radiant at > [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com). Can anyone tell me the simplest way to do a > 301 > redirect in Radiant? I have 3 or 4 articles that moved to the blog > subdomain and I would like to create pages in Radiant with their old > urls > and redirect them to the new ones. > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Mohit S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > OK, I fear I may not be able to help with that. If your blog (only) was > > on Radiant, it would be quite simple. That’s the bit I’ve done ☹ > > > > Sorry but I think someone else will need to jump in here 😑 > > > > Cheers, > > Mohit. > > 4/9/2008 | 11:17 PM. > > – > Chris B. > [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/13 "2008-04-17T17:25:02Z")
David P. wrote: > Chris B. wrote: > > > How do you get the new page type to show as an option under page types > > in the radiant admin? > > The way I’ve done it in the past is (example from my Schools extension): > > In …/schools/schools\_extension.rb > > def activate > admin.tabs.add “Schools”, “/manage/schools”, :after =\> “Layouts”, > :visibility =\> [:all] > SchoolPage > end > > In …/schools/app/models/school\_page.rb > > class SchoolPage \< Page > … > … > … > end Given Sean’s example, I believe you would do… def activate RedirectPage end ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/14 "2008-04-17T17:26:52Z")
Chris, You’ll need to make an extension, first, put the page class in the extension under app/models, and then “mention” it in the activate method of your extension class, like so: class RedirectExtension \< Radiant::Extension #… def activate RedirectPage end end At some point, I’d like to have extensions automatically load page classes, but that may be a feature for the next release. Sean ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/15 "2008-04-17T19:27:28Z")
This is great stuff guys, thanks. I have it all working but it redirects “302 Found” even if I use the following. response.redirect(part(:body).content, “301 Moved Permanently” I’ve tried googling for answers but all I can find on redirecting 301 in ruby is to use redirect\_to which is not available in the model. Any suggestions? On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > end > > > How do you get the new page type to show as an option under page types > > > > > called RedirectPage that does the redirection for you: > > > (Also, I’m > > > > > > > [blog.randomutterings.com](http://blog.randomutterings.com). The rest of the site is now on radiant at > > > > > > > > > > My site runs under [www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) \< – Chris B. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ ---
**Author:** ![dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dacbo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dacbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/subdomains-and-old-urls/134176/16 "2008-04-17T19:59:45Z")
I’ve got it built but its only doing 302 redirects until I figure out how to pass a status into response.redirect but I went ahead and released it anyway. > **[羞草研究所隐藏入口 - 羞含草研究研所2021 - 羞羞app正式版下载 - 羞羞动漫破解版无限金币](http://www.randomutterings.com/projects/page_redirect/)** > > 羞草研究所隐藏入口,羞含草研究研所2021,羞羞app正式版下载,羞羞动漫破解版无限金币是一款最潮的手机短视频APP，提供ios苹果下载/安卓下载。片源丰富，高潮迭起！ I’m open to opinions and suggestions on the code and also writing a test for it. You can see my attempts in the source. On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Chris B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > def activate > > Chris B. wrote: > > > > > > I did something similar for Redken… essentially create a new Page > > > > type > > > > > > > > > urls > > > > > > > > > > > > [www.randomutterings.com/blog/](http://www.randomutterings.com/blog/) \< > > > > > > > (only) > > > > > > > > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Chris B. > [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com) – Chris B. [http://www.randomutterings.com](http://www.randomutterings.com)