Octopress Apache Alias Generator

A Jekyll/Octopress plugin for generating redirect rewrites in htaccess for post and pages. The aliases are set in the YAML Front Matter.

Originally idea came from the following plugin: jekyll_alias_generator It generates folders and files for redirects, if you use apache then you can easly do this in htaccess (and this keeps your public folder a bit cleaner).

The plugin will only work if your deploy static pages and have an apache server (like dreamhost)

Usage

Place the full path of the alias (place to redirect from) inside the destination post's YAML Front Matter. One or more aliases may be given.

Example Post Configuration:

---
  layout: post
  title: "How I Keep Limited Pressing Running"
  alias: /post/6301645915/how-i-keep-limited-pressing-running/index.html
---

Example Post Configuration:

---
  layout: post
  title: "How I Keep Limited Pressing Running"
  alias: [/first-alias/index.html, /second-alias/index.html]
---

htaccess

An htaccess will automatically be generated with the correct redirections. In case you would like to add your own htaccess rules (e.g page caching, a good template can be found here) add a _htaccess file to your source directory with your rules/setup. The plugin will then append the redirect rules at the bottom of the file.

Make sure you dont have a .htaccess file in your source folder (when using Octopress) or sites folder (when using Jekyll), rename it to _htaccess.

Bugs

If there are any bugs or problems, leave a report on github. More information at http://www.fritz-hut.com

Information

For more information visit my blog: http://www.fritz-hut.com