One important difference is that URL redirection can now be
performed transparently via the .htaccess file in a user's public_html
directory, a feature that was broken in versions previous to 1.4. This
should be of interest to those of you who maintain a home page in a
location other than ~/public_html/ on giane, freya, and friends. As an
example, the URL:
http://www.cs.umass.edu/~olc/cscfacil.html
will now automatically redirect a browser to the URL:
http://www-cscf.cs.umass.edu/facil.html
The line in my ~olc/public_html/.htaccess file that performs this is:
RedirectPermanent /~olc/cscfacil.html http://www-cscf.cs.umass.edu/facil.html
For more information on using the Redirect feature, point your browser at: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/howto/Redirect.html