Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#26247 closed Uncategorized (invalid)
External link in need of redirect to proper documentation location
| Reported by: | Adam Powell | Owned by: | nobody |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | Uncategorized | Version: | 1.9 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | 404, error, redirect, 301, documentation |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
I followed a link from http://nrabinowitz.github.io/pjscrape/#tutorial
The link is under the 4th code block in that tab (the # URL fragment is to the tab, not the section itself).
The anchor text reads Django feature syntax and it points to https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/initial-data/
Which is a 404 (and the link on that page requested I report it).
Apparently it just needs updated to the current versions documentation:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/initial-data/
It wouldn't surprise me if other versions (and other documents of each of those versions) all need updated too.
I tried to work out a RegEx for a redirect but was struggling with it when I realized that this site runs on Nginx not Apache and the code wouldn't work anyway.
Since the link's destination URL looks proper, I'm guessing URL structures changed and that all links to that URL would now be broken so rather than contacting the author, I am submitting it here as it should be redirected appropriately.
Not sure if this is a good idea or not. You could bring it up on the DevelopersMailingList (here's an existing thread. Anyway, the correct ticket tracker for the website is https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/.