From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
Cc: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] The documentation webserver gives 404s [9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-3-g6dc785 @ <censored>)]
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:10:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875ykdnkmk.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7y598cz.fsf@gmail.com>
Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
> I do have an alternative suggestion which may help. Given that the
> 'broken' URLs are actually from external links to old documentation
> which has been removed, what we could do is create a more informative
> 404 page. Once users are on the 'real' site, the case issue does not
> exist. It is only a problem due to outdated URLs on external sites like
> stack overflow. Instead of just saying 404 Not Found, the page could say
> the requested URL was not found and is likely a link to old outdated doc
> documentation. The page could include a link to the main orgmode
> page. This would be a fairly simple 'fix' that would improve user
> experience to some degree.
This sounds like a good idea.
I am not sure if it is feasible, but the 404 page could also provide
suggestions based on similar existing links. I have something like
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/83tu89b7pr.fsf@gnu.org/ in mind.
Best,
Ihor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-04 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-03 10:01 [BUG] The documentation webserver gives 404s [9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-3-g6dc785 @ <censored>)] Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-07-03 11:50 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-03 12:23 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-03 14:01 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-03 16:48 ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-03 21:30 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-04 12:10 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-07-04 12:27 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-04 12:58 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-04 17:24 ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-04 22:37 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-05 2:39 ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-05 2:54 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-05 4:22 ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-05 4:36 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-05 5:11 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-18 9:06 ` Bastien
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