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Screenshot of top half of the 4042307.org web site: Heading: 404 → 307 🌲 A simple gesture for an evergreen web. Navigation: What? Why? How? Get started! View source (git) Fediverse logo (go to Aral’s Mastodon instance) Code block: # nginx configuration on 4042307.org location / { error_page 404 =307 https://2017.4042307.org$request_uri; try_files $uri $uri/ =404; }

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Screenshot of top half of the 4042307.org web site: Heading: 404 → 307 🌲 A simple gesture for an evergreen web. Navigation: What? Why? How? Get started! View source (git) Fediverse logo (go to Aral’s Mastodon instance) Code block: # nginx configuration on 4042307.org location / { error_page 404 =307 https://2017.4042307.org$request_uri; try_files $uri $uri/ =404; }
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2023 02:36:49 JST Aral Balkan

(Re)introducing 404 → 307 (the evergreen web technique)¹
What if links never died? What if we never broke the Web? What if it didn’t involve any extra work?
It’s possible. And easy.
Just make your 404s into 307s.
https://4042307.org/
¹ Previously, I was doing 404 to 302 but 302 redirects do not keep the request method so 307 is the correct redirect to use. I’d been meaning to update the site for ages and so I finally made some time to do so this week.
#web #dev #evergreenWeb #4042307

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