Re: [BUG] The documentation webserver gives 404s [9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-3-g6dc785 @ <censored>)]

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 05/07/2022 09:54, Tim Cross wrote:
>> Max Nikulin writes:
>>> Bastien. Re: Possible bug report: URL capitalization in online manual. Mon, 10 Feb 2020
>>> 07:48:21 +0100 https://list.orgmode.org/874kvzdjka.fsf@gnu.org/
>>>> I've now installed the rewrite rules on the server and all these links
>>>> are redirecting correctly. Given the amount of Org documentation links
>>>> living out there, that's really a good idea.
>
> Tim, is there any chance that Bastien forgot to send you some included file for nginx
> configuration? However, the site ignores this file even it exists somewhere on filesystem.
>

anything is possible. In a 'standard' nginx configuration, you would
typically have all the config related to s specific site in one
file. However, that is just convention, not a rule. 

>>> Tim Cross:
>>>> At this point, my vote is to just do a basic updated 404 page that
>>>> points to the index.html page for orgmode.org
>>>
>>> For the manual and for the guide directories I still consider links to the table of
>>> contents (or even full table of contents) on 404 pages as a better variant.
>> I don't really care what specific page is linked to - just that we keep
>> it simple and have a link for an initial quick fix. Only reason I
>> mentioned the index.html page is that it has links to everything - worg,
>> git, manual, mail list etc. It is possible that people get to 404 via
>> links other than to the manual.
>
> I do not have ready to use snippet, but I am sure it should be possible to set specific
> 404 pages for particular directories like the manual and the guide. Of course, these
> pages, besides links to table of contents, may have another link to index.html or a
> navigation header shared with other pages on the site.

Many things are possible. However, I'm trying very hard not to be overly
distracted by this issue, which I think is fairly insignificant. My
objective is to do as little as possible at this time because I want to
get back to cleanup of worg. It is quite possible that work will also
have some influence on the rest of the org web space. 

If you or others want to look at the 404 page issue, please do so. For
right now, I'll just do a basic 404 page which Bastien can install
easily. If you or others come up with something more sophisticated, it
can be used to replace the simple basic version, otherwise we can
revisit this later if necessary.