Updated .htaccess copy and release procedure

websites/site/contributing/make-release.md

@@ -345,11 +345,17 @@ Remove the old releases from SVN under https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/releas
     > [!IMPORTANT]
     > Only update the version if it's a new stable version.
 
+  - Update the `/websites/site/lucenetemplate/.htaccess` file to reflect the `latest` and `absoluteLatest` versions.
+    - `latest` should reflect the current release only if it is not a pre-release
+    - `absoluteLatest` should reflect the current release (whether pre-release or not)
+<br/>
+<br/>
   - Create a new release page in the `/websites/site/download`, in most cases it's easiest to just copy the previous release page.
     - Ensure the `uid` in the header is correct
     - Update all headers, status, release date to be correct
     - Ensure supported frameworks and packages section is accurate for the new release
-
+<br/>
+<br/>
   - Add the new release page to the `/websites/site/download/toc.yml` file
 
   - Add the new release version and release date to the `/websites/site/download/download.md` file
@@ -361,7 +367,8 @@ Remove the old releases from SVN under https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/releas
 - Update the API Documentation with new release
 
   - Follow the instructions on how to [build](https://lucenenet.apache.org/contributing/documentation.html#api-docs), test and [publish](https://lucenenet.apache.org/contributing/documentation.html#publishing-the-docs) the docs.
-
+<br/>
+<br/>
 - Send announcement email 24 hours after the release (to ensure the mirrors have propagated the download locations)
 
   > [!IMPORTANT]

websites/site/docfx.json

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
       },
       {
         "files": [
-          "doap_Lucene_Net.rdf"
+          "doap_Lucene_Net.rdf",
+          ".gitattributes",
+          ".htaccess"
         ],
         "src": "lucenetemplate"
       }

websites/site/.htaccess → websites/site/lucenetemplate/.htaccess

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^docs/latest/(.*)$ /docs/3.0.3/$1 [R=301,L]
 
 # Redirect /docs/absolute-latest/ to /docs/4.8.0-beta00017/
-RewriteRule ^docs/absolute-latest/(.*)$ /docs/4.8.0-beta00017/$1 [R=301,L]
+RewriteRule ^docs/absolute(-latest|Latest)/(.*)$ /docs/4.8.0-beta00017/$1 [R=301,L]

websites/site/site.ps1

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ if ($Clean) {
 	Remove-Item (Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder "obj") -force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 }
 
-if (!(Test-Path $SiteFolder)) {
-    New-Item $SiteFolder -ItemType Directory
-}
-
-# Copy the .htaccess  & .gitattributes files to the _site directory after cleaning
-Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder ".htaccess") -Destination (Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder "_site\.htaccess") -Force
-Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder ".gitattributes") -Destination (Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder "_site\.gitattributes") -Force
-
 $DocFxJson = Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder "docfx.json"
 $DocFxLog = Join-Path -Path $SiteFolder "obj\docfx.log"