Bug: Set Node Type to: Redirect

[Adam Curry]

What I did:

Set a node to be a re-direct to another domain name (foo.curry.com -> curry.com) using the OPML Editor menu command Outliner->World Outline->Set Type to->redirect

 

I expected:

http://foo.curry.com to redirect to http://curry.com/

 

What happened:

The Server returns a 404 not found on this server

What I found upon digging:

 The Set type to->redirect command is setting the name to foocurrycom instead of foo.curry.com and is not adding the 'domain' attribute

 

Screenshot: http://blog.curry.com/images/2012/05/29/redirectBug.jpg

I suspect this bug crept in after the (excellent) invariant names implementation 

AC

 

 

[Dave Winer]

I don't think there's a bug here. Setting the nodetype to redirect does not set the domain attribute. There's a separate command for that. It's quite possible to create a redirect node that does not have a domain attribute. 

[Adam Curry]

Ah, makes sense. User interpretation error.

I used the Set domain command and it worked, of course :-)

Thank you for pointing out that a redirect doesn't just have to happen in the dns space!

AC