404 → 302
A simple gesture for an evergreen Web.
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# nginx configuration on 4042302.org
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location / {
error_page 404 =302 https://2017.4042302.org$request_uri;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
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 302s.
New: Indie Web Server has native support for 404 to 302.
Try it out:
- A page from 2017: /portfolio/better-blocker
- Another page from 2017: /portfolio/accessibility-for-everyone
- A page from 1997: /me.htm
- A page that never existed: /missing.html
Learn more:
- Why is this important?
- How does it work?
- Get started!