Old forum links - autotranslate feature
VonSzarvas
Posts: 3,450
Many times, web searches return content that refers to old Parallax forum urls.
Example, a seemingly useful resource found here: http://propeller.wikispaces.com/pcbdesign
This page is full of links in an old format; the first one being:
This is fairly annoying*, having to manually translate links at PhiPi's website. I can imagine this easily deters those "less than trepid" explorers, especially newer explorers who are less than familar with PhiPi's great work. Dead ends are rarely positive.
* .. why especially "fairly annoying"?
As webservers can autotranslate requests using wildcard templates (URL re-direction / URL re-write), my suggestion would be for "someone" to active the feature!
These old links should work seamlessly. The resources of old must be too valuable to waste; and need not be if a couple hours could be allocated to setup url re-direction.
Example, a seemingly useful resource found here: http://propeller.wikispaces.com/pcbdesign
This page is full of links in an old format; the first one being:
http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=410277
This is fairly annoying*, having to manually translate links at PhiPi's website. I can imagine this easily deters those "less than trepid" explorers, especially newer explorers who are less than familar with PhiPi's great work. Dead ends are rarely positive.
* .. why especially "fairly annoying"?
As webservers can autotranslate requests using wildcard templates (URL re-direction / URL re-write), my suggestion would be for "someone" to active the feature!
These old links should work seamlessly. The resources of old must be too valuable to waste; and need not be if a couple hours could be allocated to setup url re-direction.