diff --git a/.vitepress/config.js b/.vitepress/config.js
index a7f41ce4d..b9f6082e0 100644
--- a/.vitepress/config.js
+++ b/.vitepress/config.js
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 import gitCommitInfo from 'git-commit-info'
-import path from 'path'
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'
 import { pagefindPlugin } from 'vitepress-plugin-pagefind'
 import { generateSidebar } from 'vitepress-sidebar'
 import { dovecotMdExtend, initDovecotMd } from '../lib/markdown.js'
-import { frontmatterIter } from '../lib/utility.js'
+import { getExcludes } from '../lib/utility.js'
 
 const base = '/2.4'
 
-// No need to include the "dummy" index files, used to build titles
-// for the sidebar, into the final documentation bundles
-const excludes = []
-await frontmatterIter(function (f, data) {
-	if (data.exclude) {
-		excludes.push(path.relative('docs/', f))
-	}
-})
-
 // Need to bootstrap configuration for Dovecot markdown driver (specifically,
 // loading all data files to allow existence checking), or else the markdown
 // processing will begin before Dovecot link markup is enabled
@@ -27,8 +17,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	description: "Dovecot CE Documentation",
 	lang: "en-us",
 
-	srcDir: "docs",
-	srcExclude: excludes,
+	srcDir: ".",
+	srcExclude: [ '*.md' ].concat(getExcludes()),
+	rewrites: {
+		'docs/:path(.*)': ':path',
+	},
 
 	base: base,
 	sitemap: {
diff --git a/.vitepress/local.js.dist b/.vitepress/local.js.dist
index 8e560d296..a43e56659 100644
--- a/.vitepress/local.js.dist
+++ b/.vitepress/local.js.dist
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ export const data_paths = {
 	// doveadm: '../data/doveadm.js',
 }
 
-// A listing of source files (.md) for the documentation.
-// Paths are relative to project base.
-//
-// Supports fast-glob: https://github.com/mrmlnc/fast-glob#pattern-syntax
-//
-// Default: [ 'docs/**/*.md' ]
-export const source_paths = []
-
 // A listing of files to watch to refresh data loaders in dev mode.
 // See: https://vitepress.dev/guide/data-loading#data-from-local-files
 // Paths are relative to project base.
@@ -30,14 +22,6 @@ export const source_paths = []
 // Default: [ 'docs/**/*.md', 'docs/**/*.inc', 'data/**/*' ]
 export const watch_paths = []
 
-// A listing of source path translations.
-//
-// This is the same format as VitePress' 'rewrite' setting:
-//   https://vitepress.dev/reference/site-config#rewrites
-//
-// Default: { 'docs/:path(.*)': ':path' }
-export const source_path_translations = {}
-
 // A listing of paths containing man files.
 // Paths are relative to project base.
 //
diff --git a/data/updates.js b/data/updates.js
index fc146fc67..5267d7080 100644
--- a/data/updates.js
+++ b/data/updates.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const updates = {
 	auth_server_common_secured: '2.4.0',
 	dcrypt_same_cipher_algo_added: '2.4.0',
 	dict_idle_timeout_added: '2.4.0',
+	dict_protocol_v4: '2.4.0',
 	dict_slow_warn_added: '2.4.0',
 	doveadm_ex_expired_code: '2.4.0',
 	doveadm_mailbox_commands_user: '2.4.0',
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/arrays.md b/docs/core/design/arrays.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/arrays.md
rename to docs/core/design/arrays.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/auth_process.md b/docs/core/design/auth_process.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/auth_process.md
rename to docs/core/design/auth_process.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/auth_protocol.md b/docs/core/design/auth_protocol.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/auth_protocol.md
rename to docs/core/design/auth_protocol.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/buffers.md b/docs/core/design/buffers.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/buffers.md
rename to docs/core/design/buffers.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/dcrypt.md b/docs/core/design/dcrypt.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/dcrypt.md
rename to docs/core/design/dcrypt.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/dict_protocol.md b/docs/core/design/dict_protocol.md
similarity index 98%
rename from docs/developers/design/dict_protocol.md
rename to docs/core/design/dict_protocol.md
index 360147c82..3c05e2d05 100644
--- a/docs/developers/design/dict_protocol.md
+++ b/docs/core/design/dict_protocol.md
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ dovecotlinks:
 This document describes Dovecot Dict protocol v3.2 which is supported in
 Dovecot v2.3.17+.
 
-Dovecot Core v2.4.0 changed the version to v4, but it's otherwise compatible
-with v3.2
+[[changed,dict_protocol_v4]] Dict protocol version was updated to v4, but
+it's otherwise compatible with v3.2.
 :::
 
 Dovecot's dict protocol is a line based protocol between the dict client and
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/doveadm_protocol.md b/docs/core/design/doveadm_protocol.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/doveadm_protocol.md
rename to docs/core/design/doveadm_protocol.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/dsync.md b/docs/core/design/dsync.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/dsync.md
rename to docs/core/design/dsync.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/events.md b/docs/core/design/events.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/events.md
rename to docs/core/design/events.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/images/auth.drawio b/docs/core/design/images/auth.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/images/auth.drawio
rename to docs/core/design/images/auth.drawio
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/images/auth.png b/docs/core/design/images/auth.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/images/auth.png
rename to docs/core/design/images/auth.png
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/index.md b/docs/core/design/index.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/index.md
rename to docs/core/design/index.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/lib-index.drawio b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/lib-index.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/lib-index.drawio
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/lib-index.drawio
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/lib-index.png b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/lib-index.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/lib-index.png
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/lib-index.png
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.drawio b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.drawio
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.drawio
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.png b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.png
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-cache.png
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.drawio b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.drawio
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.drawio
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.png b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.png
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-log.png
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.drawio b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.drawio
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.drawio
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.drawio
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.png b/docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.png
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.png
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/images/mail-index-map.png
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/index.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/index.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/index.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/index.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/index_cache.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/index_cache.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/index_cache.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/index_cache.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/index_format.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/index_format.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/index_format.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/index_format.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/index_format_main.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/index_format_main.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/index_format_main.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/index_format_main.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/index_log.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/index_log.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/index_log.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/index_log.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/indexes/mail_index_api.md b/docs/core/design/indexes/mail_index_api.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/indexes/mail_index_api.md
rename to docs/core/design/indexes/mail_index_api.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/istreams.md b/docs/core/design/istreams.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/istreams.md
rename to docs/core/design/istreams.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mail.md b/docs/core/design/mail.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mail.md
rename to docs/core/design/mail.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mail_namespace.md b/docs/core/design/mail_namespace.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mail_namespace.md
rename to docs/core/design/mail_namespace.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mail_plugins.md b/docs/core/design/mail_plugins.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mail_plugins.md
rename to docs/core/design/mail_plugins.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mail_storage.md b/docs/core/design/mail_storage.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mail_storage.md
rename to docs/core/design/mail_storage.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mail_user.md b/docs/core/design/mail_user.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mail_user.md
rename to docs/core/design/mail_user.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox_list.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox_list.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox_list.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox_list.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox_saving.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox_saving.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox_saving.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox_saving.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox_searching.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox_searching.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox_searching.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox_searching.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox_syncing.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox_syncing.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox_syncing.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox_syncing.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/mailbox_transaction.md b/docs/core/design/mailbox_transaction.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/mailbox_transaction.md
rename to docs/core/design/mailbox_transaction.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/memory.md b/docs/core/design/memory.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/memory.md
rename to docs/core/design/memory.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/ostreams.md b/docs/core/design/ostreams.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/ostreams.md
rename to docs/core/design/ostreams.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/overview.md b/docs/core/design/overview.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/overview.md
rename to docs/core/design/overview.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/plugins.md b/docs/core/design/plugins.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/plugins.md
rename to docs/core/design/plugins.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/processes.md b/docs/core/design/processes.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/processes.md
rename to docs/core/design/processes.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/storage_errors.md b/docs/core/design/storage_errors.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/storage_errors.md
rename to docs/core/design/storage_errors.md
diff --git a/docs/developers/design/strings.md b/docs/core/design/strings.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/developers/design/strings.md
rename to docs/core/design/strings.md
diff --git a/lib/markdown.js b/lib/markdown.js
index 69ca44885..9949e0ea1 100644
--- a/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/markdown.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fg from 'fast-glob'
 import deflistPlugin from 'markdown-it-deflist'
 import path from 'path'
 import { createMarkdownRenderer } from 'vitepress'
-import { loadData, loadDovecotLinks, manFiles, markdownExtension, pluginFiles, resolveURL } from './utility.js'
+import { frontmatterIter, loadData, manFiles, markdownExtension, pluginFiles, resolveURL } from './utility.js'
 
 let md_conf = null
 export async function initDovecotMd(base) {
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export async function initDovecotMd(base) {
 		...{
 			base: base,
 			doveadm: (await loadData('doveadm')).doveadm,
-			dovecotlinks: await loadDovecotLinks(base),
 			events: (await loadData('events')).events,
+			linkoverrides: (await loadData('links_overrides')).links_overrides,
 			man: (await manFiles()).flatMap((x) => {
 				return fg.sync(x).map((y) => {
 					const str = path.basename(y)
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ function dovecot_markdown(md, opts) {
 			let url = '#'
 			env.inner = false
 
+			initDovecotLinks()
+
 			if (!opts.dovecotlinks[parts[1]]) {
 				handle_error('Dovecot link missing: ' + parts[1])
 				return '<a>'
@@ -388,6 +390,42 @@ function dovecot_markdown(md, opts) {
 		console.error(msg)
 	}
 
+	function initDovecotLinks() {
+		if (opts.dovecotlinks) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		const links = {}
+		const rewrites = globalThis.VITEPRESS_CONFIG.rewrites.map
+
+		frontmatterIter(Object.keys(rewrites), function (f, data) {
+			if (!data.dovecotlinks) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(data.dovecotlinks)) {
+				if (links[k]) {
+					throw new Error("Duplicate Dovecot Link key: " + k)
+				}
+
+				links[k] = {
+					url: resolveURL(rewrites[f].substring(0, rewrites[f].lastIndexOf('.')) + '.html', opts.base)
+				}
+
+				if ((typeof v) == 'object') {
+					links[k].text = v.text
+					if (v.hash) {
+						links[k].url += '#' + v.hash
+					}
+				} else {
+					links[k].text = v
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		opts.dovecotlinks = { ...links, ...opts.linkoverrides }
+	}
+
 	md.inline.ruler.after('emphasis', 'dovecot_brackets', process_brackets)
 	md.renderer.rules.dovecot_open = dovecot_open
 	md.renderer.rules.dovecot_body = dovecot_body
diff --git a/lib/utility.js b/lib/utility.js
index 05f467b0b..dbb5d10cf 100644
--- a/lib/utility.js
+++ b/lib/utility.js
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 import fg from 'fast-glob'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import matter from 'gray-matter'
-import { dirname } from 'path';
-import { compile, match } from 'path-to-regexp'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname } from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
@@ -67,13 +66,6 @@ export async function loadData(id) {
 	}
 }
 
-export async function sourceFiles() {
-	/* Check for config override file. */
-	const lconf = await loadLocalConf()
-
-	return lconf?.source_paths ?? [ 'docs/**/*.md' ]
-}
-
 export async function watchFiles() {
 	/* Check for config override file. */
 	const lconf = await loadLocalConf()
@@ -104,68 +96,33 @@ export async function pluginFiles() {
 		[ 'docs/core/plugins/*.md' ]
 }
 
-export async function frontmatterIter(callback) {
-	const sf = await sourceFiles()
-	const files = sf.flatMap((x) => fg.sync(x))
-
-	/* Check for config override file. */
-	const lconf = await loadLocalConf()
-	const spt_conf = lconf?.source_path_translations ??
-		{ 'docs/:path': ':path' }
-
-	const spt = Object.entries(spt_conf).map(([from, to]) => ({
-		toPath: compile(`/${to}`, { validate: false }),
-		matchUrl: match(from)
-	}))
+export function getExcludes(srcDirs = [ 'docs' ]) {
+	const excludes = []
 
-	for (let f of files) {
-		const str = fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf8')
-		const data = matter(str).data
-
-		for (const { matchUrl, toPath } of spt) {
-			const res = matchUrl(f)
-			if (res) {
-				f = toPath(res.params).slice(1)
-				break
+	frontmatterIter(
+		srcDirs.flatMap((x) => fg.sync(x + '/**/*.md')),
+		function (f, data) {
+			/* Exclude all pages with "exclude" frontmatter present. */
+			if (data.exclude) {
+				excludes.push(f)
 			}
 		}
+	)
 
-		callback(f, data)
-	}
+	return excludes
 }
 
-export async function loadDovecotLinks(base) {
-	const links = {}
-
-	await frontmatterIter(function (f, data) {
-		if (!data.dovecotlinks) {
-			return
-		}
-
-		for (const [k,v] of Object.entries(data.dovecotlinks)) {
-			if (links[k]) {
-				throw new Error("Duplicate Dovecot Link key: " + k)
-			}
-
-			links[k] = {
-				url: resolveURL(f.substring(0, f.lastIndexOf('.')) + '.html', base)
-			}
-
-			if ((typeof v) == 'object') {
-				links[k].text = v.text
-				if (v.hash) {
-					links[k].url += '#' + v.hash
-				}
-			} else {
-				links[k].text = v
-			}
+export function frontmatterIter(files, callback) {
+	for (let f of files) {
+		try {
+			const str = fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf8')
+			callback(f, matter(str).data)
+		} catch (err) {
+			/* Ignore file not exist errors, since they can occur for
+			 * dynamically generated paths (e.g. Release Notes). */
+			if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err
 		}
-	})
-
-	const data = await loadData('links_overrides')
-
-	/* Merge the two lists together. */
-	return { ...links, ...data.links_overrides }
+	}
 }
 
 export function resolveURL(url, base) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 716fdd531..7b89509a0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         "markdown-it-deflist": "^3.0.0",
         "markdown-it-mathjax3": "^4.3.2",
         "pagefind": "^1.1.1",
-        "path-to-regexp": "^8.1.0",
         "pdc": "^0.2.3",
         "remark-definition-list": "^2.0.0",
         "remark-man": "^9.0.0",
@@ -4052,15 +4051,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/path-to-regexp": {
-      "version": "8.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-8.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Bqn3vc8CMHty6zuD+tG23s6v2kwxslHEhTj4eYaVKGIEB+YX/2wd0/rgXLFD9G9id9KCtbVy/3ZgmvZjpa0UdQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/pdc": {
       "version": "0.2.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pdc/-/pdc-0.2.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d1aaa57f..9d59f77f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "markdown-it-deflist": "^3.0.0",
     "markdown-it-mathjax3": "^4.3.2",
     "pagefind": "^1.1.1",
-    "path-to-regexp": "^8.1.0",
     "pdc": "^0.2.3",
     "remark-definition-list": "^2.0.0",
     "remark-man": "^9.0.0",