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Broken forum links to old Parallax webpages.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
edited 2007-11-16 06:42 in General Discussion
I've discovered what could be a major inconvenience for forum users. Links back to the Parallax website in older postings are now all broken. Some of these refer to product pages; others, to manuals and example programs. While it's expected that links will go dark from time to time, the recent change to the Parallax website has caused this to happen in a wholesale fashion.

I'm wondering if it would be possible for the Parallax web gurus to include a "404" script on the website that intercepts defunct urls and redirects them to the new content, when possible. This should be easy for addresses than end in "product_id=nnnnn"; perhaps more difficult for program listings and the like. But if a particular link proves unforwardable to an equivalent page, forwarding it to the Search function would be a good alternative.

-Phil

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  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,404
    edited 2007-11-15 05:48
    Phil,

    I'll get this to the attention of the web developers right away. I know they're a busy team right now with a number of small repairs to links, missing pages, etc. but I'm pretty sure this issue came up long before our web transition so let's see what we can do. If I recall we made provisions to deal with the product_id=xxxxxxx redirect links, too.

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

    Ken Gracey
    Parallax, Inc.
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2007-11-15 19:10
    Hi Phil,

    The redirection issue gets really sticky if we set out to redirect all of the broken links to their net locations. There are thousands of possibilities, so it seemed more prudent to identify the URLs that are referenced most often and redirect them. The remaining links will resolve to a generic '404' page with links to the various sections of the new site. I am working on these issues now and should have something out there on the new web site in the next day or two.

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    Jim

    Parallax IT Dept.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2007-11-15 20:53
    Jim,

    Thanks for making the effort to deal with these issues. I know it's going to be challenge, given the almost overwhelming breadth of the changes that have taken place in the website. So it will be interesting to see what you come up with!

    -Phil
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2007-11-16 05:45
    The first step is in place. Links that reference the download section of the web site (www.parallax.com/dl/....) have been redirected to their new homes, located at www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/.... There are some files that did not make the trip to the new site. We'll identify them as they are logged and upload replacement files.

    Now it's on to fix references to the multitude of product pages.

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    Jim

    Parallax IT Dept.
  • Peter VerkaikPeter Verkaik Posts: 3,956
    edited 2007-11-16 06:42
    Jim,
    I have found that two pages for the javelin are missing: the page with appnotes (lots of classes)
    and the page Under Development (also lots of classes). A post with a link that no longer works
    can be found here:
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=653352

    regards peter
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