[geeklog-devtalk] geeklog-devel digest, Vol 1 #387 - 2 msgs

[Matthew Cox]

> 

> Now here's an interesting effect of Geeklog's portal.php that I haven't

> noticed before. A Google search for a certain musician brings up, amongst

> others, this result:

> 

> 

> CD Baby: VANESSA PETERS: Sparkler - hear and buy it at CD BABY.

> Vanessa Peters Sparkler ... 2003 Vanessa Peters. CD List price: $16.94.

> CD Baby Price: $11.99 ADD TO CART. IN STOCK. ORDER NOW. Will ship within

> 24 hours! ...

> www.handful-of-sparks.de/portal.php/link/20040827211701114 - 21k - 5 Sep 2004

> 

> 

> The URL is from the links section of one of my sites, but the contents

> are not (the actual URL is <http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/vanessapeters>).

> 

> This probably has to do with a change introduced in Geeklog 1.3.9:

> portal.php is now using header('Location: ...') to do the redirect

> instead of the Meta refresh that earlier versions were using.

> 

> Not sure if this should be considered a feature or a bug. While the owner

> of the Geeklog site may like it, the owner of the linked site most

> probably won't like it that much ...

> 

> Thoughts?

> 

> bye, Dirk

> 

> 


Actually, I noticed this same problem when Meta refresh was still the 
method used so I manually changed my code to use Location:

I hadn't followed up since the switch to using Location: and assumed 
that was the fix.

Apparently not.  I wonder if setting http status to a 301 (Moved 
Permanently) would work?

The example from my links page involves a google search for "soquili 
center" which shows my website as the url (matthewcox.org) instead of 
soquilicenter.org.

-Matthew Cox