Handle redirections in _config.yml

_plugins/redirects.rb

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+#redirects.rb generates all redirection pages
+#from _config.yml .
+
+require 'yaml'
+require 'cgi'
+
+module Jekyll
+
+  class PageRedirect < Page
+    def initialize(site, base, srcdir, src, dst)
+      @site = site
+      @base = base
+      @dir = srcdir
+      @name = src
+      self.process(src)
+      self.read_yaml(File.join(base, '/'), 'index.html')
+      self.data['lang'] = 'en'
+      self.data['redirect'] = dst
+      self.data['layout'] = 'redirect'
+    end
+  end
+
+  class RedirectPageGenerator < Generator
+    def generate(site)
+      #Load redirections
+      redirects = YAML.load_file("_config.yml")['redirects']
+      #Generate each redirection page
+      if !File.directory?(site.dest)
+        Dir.mkdir(site.dest)
+      end
+      redirects.each do |src,dst|
+        srcar = src.split('/')
+        src = srcar.pop + '.html'
+        srcdir = srcar.join('/')
+        site.pages << PageRedirect.new(site, site.source, srcdir, src, dst)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end