base configuration option #194
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supported in `observable dev`: serves the project under the base, and redirects / to the new base to help the user. However it 404s on any other URL, to avoid false positives. will be used in `observable build` to help the 404 page and more to come.
Co-authored-by: Mike Bostock <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Mike Bostock <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Mike Bostock <[email protected]>
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I initially thought that this would be needed to build a useful 404.html page (#174). But here's the twist: if the site is served from https://example.com/base/ it is most probable that the server will not use the generated 404.html file as a template for its 404 errors (since it doesn't live at the server root). In other words: we don't need the base configuration option for #174. Of course, |
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It looks like Platform won't need this afterall, since everything uses relative URLs. Given that, I'm going to step down as reviewer. |
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Do we need this at all? Maybe not… |
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@mythmon do we fix this on the platform or should I revive this issue? (We need to fix https://observablehq.com/framework/404 (#721) in one way or the other.) |
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I don't think we need this on the platform. Plus we are moving towards not having a separate build for deploy, so we wouldn't be able to to inject it anyways. |
https://observablehq.com/framework/404 https://observablehq.com/framework/examples/chess/404 (etc.) closes #721 alternative to #194
The base option (for #42), can be set to
/path/to/root/; defaults to/.supported in
observable dev: serves the project under the base, and redirects / to the new base to help the user. However it 404s on any other URL, to avoid false positives.