1336374 - Fix Article to Article Redirects

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(support.mozilla.org - Lithium :: General, defect)

Description

[Giorgos Logiotatidis [:giorgos]]

Kitsune has a number of articles which just redirect to other articles. Their content is:

  REDIRECT <link to other page>

See for example 

  https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/t5/How-To/Page-Info-window/ta-p/15132#General


Kitsune automatically recognizes those pages are redirects the user without ever displaying the intermediate page.

Currently Lithium displays the intermediate page and user has to manually click on the redirect link to get to the page with the content. We need to implement a similar solution in Lithium which automatically redirects user and also respects URL parameters and anchors, e.g. https://foo#bar is redirects to https://lala#bar and not just https://lala

Comment 1

[Giorgos Logiotatidis [:giorgos]]

Here the in-product pages which are affected by this

https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/pageinfo_general -> kb/Page Info window#General
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/pageinfo_media -> kb/Page Info window#Media
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/pageinfo_feed -> kb/Page Info window#Feeds
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/pageinfo_permissions -> kb/Page Info window#Permissions
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/pageinfo_security -> kb/Page Info window#Security
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-clear-private-data -> kb/Clear Recent History
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-fonts-and-colors -> kb/Options window - Content panel#fonts_and_colors
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-privacy -> kb/Options window - Privacy panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-applications -> kb/Options window - Applications panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-connection-settings -> kb/Options window - Advanced panel#connection_settings
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-tabs -> kb/Options window - Tabs panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-advanced-javascript -> kb/Options window - Content panel#advanced_javascript
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-languages -> kb/Options window - Content panel#languages
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-content -> kb/Options window - Content panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-security -> kb/Options window - Security panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-advanced-general -> kb/Options window - Advanced panel
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-advanced-network -> kb/Options window - Advanced panel#advanced_network
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-advanced-update -> kb/Options window - Advanced panel#advanced_update
https://hwsfp35778.lithium.com/1/*/*/*/*/prefs-advanced-encryption -> kb/Options window - Advanced panel#advanced_encryption

Comment 3

[scott.riley]

Did a local POC to test a solution for this.  Asking our engineering team to see if we can roll it out for Mozilla.  Should have answer/rec shortly.

Comment 6

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

I can not help but wonder is this correct to be still assigned to Scott of Lithium.
The status is at present New, so I will change that to Assigned, as that was apparently just an oversight.
I also note it has no priority or milestone, but it is not my place to change that for this bug.

Hopefully this being dealt with as part of the general redirects issue (bug1324426). If not then any indication when it will be dealt with.

The last action seems to have been about a month ago.
( from comment #3)
> Did a local POC to test a solution for this.  Asking our engineering team to
> see if we can roll it out for Mozilla.  Should have answer/rec shortly.