#5 multiple index filenames

[RJB]

Allow us to specify more than one filename for the INDEX
directive in the config file. For example, under QPQ, I
have now: index.html, index-d.html. index-e.html. This
gives me flexibility in handling a multilingual web
site. In MacHTTP, I have to use file aliases in each
folder. This works as long as the root folder is not
moved. Then, I have to change tens of aliases to get the
things back in order.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Surely these pages should be labelled index.en.html index.de.html (or
similar) to allow for negotiation.

Don't your aliases stay connected when you move the root folder.

Some people recommend not following aliases...

[RJB]

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Aliases stay connected only if the folder is moved within the
same drive (the same volume to be exact). If it is copied to
another volume or the drive is reformatted, the aliases get
broken.

Why do you think index.en.html is better than index-e.html?
Are you referring to some undocumented feature?

Without aliases, I can't (up to my knowledge) have the
default page open in English for some subsites and in German
for other subsites/content areas unless I provide the
appropriate content in the index file. However, some subsites
have only English content, others have only German, whereas
others have both English and German in parallel, so using
external labeling makes it easy to know what is what without
having to open the files, particularly as the language
content keeps changing.