Re: google analytics and .htaccess

[Graham Percival]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 04:01:19PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Op zondag 27-06-2010 om 14:18 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Graham
> Percival:
> 
> > 1)  it would be nice if google analytics could tell us info about
> > how people use the new website.  This may require tweaking
> 
> Well, we're down from place #6 to #19 in Google if you search
> for "music notation", in about 1.5 years.  I'd say, switch now,
> worry later.  Disclaimer: sun is shining here, worrying takes
> effort today.

Disclaimer: no amount of effort can stop me from worrying.

I think it's worth waiting at least a day to see if anybody has
any suggestions.  I mean, if there's a "I'm trying a new version
of the website, please watch urls containing /website/ closely!"
check-box on the google analytics website, it would be silly not
enable that.


Also: how many flashing "help wanted" signs do we have on the
website right now?  If the -devel community wanted, we could
certainly resolve them all in 2-3 days.  Is it worth doing that
before switch websites?  Maybe, maybe not.

> > 2)  the actual switch would -- I think -- just consist of changing
> > a few lines in the .htaccess to point to /website/ intead of
> > /web/.  Again, I know nothing about .htaccess, so I don't even
> > know what I don't know, so working with somebody with a clue would
> > avoid a delay of a few hours and get it up there sooner, etc.
> 
> Yes, that's pretty much it.

What, just a 's/web/website/' in ~/web/.htaccess ?  I expected it
to be a bit more involved than that (although still less than 10
lines).

> We could add a link to the "old"
> site?  Let's pick a time and meet on irc?  Tonight around 9?

sorry, too much work to do before monday.  How about Monday night?

Cheers,
- Graham