[forum] dead links into mail notifications
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Hi, when receiving mail notifications related to new answers or subjects into this forum, I see that the 3 links (Link to post, Link to topic, Link to reply) are dead links leading to following 404 error : Page not found I get this from several messages I tested (even on messages which worked if I remebmer well) so I conclude something is broken on the website.
- Philippe
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Hi Philippe, I noticed that too. It seems that a change occurred on the 26th July. The links to the forum were starting with http://www.tango-controls.org/community/forums before and are now starting with http://www.tango-controls.org/community/forum Just remove the 's' in forums in the wrong links and it should work. I think it's a bit sad that this change occurred without notification. Some links pointing to the forum returned by search engines are also broken now, but with a bit of time, the correct links will be presented again by these search engines I guess. Cheers, Reynald
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Yes, you're right, and it seems correct now. :)
- Philippe
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There is a principle on the web that "good URLs don't change". If the rename is to be permanent, the site should at least be set up to redirect the /forums/ links to /forum/? |
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I think also a redirection would be the best solution. The former mails of the mailing list include URL to forums which are dead links.
- Philippe
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