586001 - Add rewrite rule to fix broken links on devmo

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

We recently reorganized the JavaScript Reference on devmo. Unfortunately, for some reason, Deki failed to generate the redirects on-site that it normally does when pages are moved around. So we now have gazillions of broken links.

Can someone please set up a rewrite rule on devmo to direct:

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/ (and all subpages thereof)

to:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/ (otherwise the same)

Comment 1

[Fabian (Crash) Grutschus]

RewriteRule ^En/Core_JavaScript_1\.5_Reference/(.*) en/JavaScript/Reference/$1 [R,L]

tested with Apache 2.2.15.

Comment 2

[Jeremy Orem [:oremj]]

Added.

Comment 3

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

This doesn't seem to be working. For example:

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/Array/Sort

This doesn't redirect to:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/Array/Sort

Like it ought to.

Comment 4

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

Never mind, the first link was bogus. Dunno where it came from. :)

Comment 5

[Pedro Alves]

it came from this 2 steps:


1) Google for "javascript sort" , click 3rd entry

2) Go to MDN and search for sort, click 1st entry


Both go to:

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/Array/Sort


which doesn't exist.


This definitely should work, every developer that, like me, google for the javascript functions to get to MDN will get nowhere

I'm reopening the bug - please close it again if I'm talking crap, but I'm just being cautious here

Comment 6

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

I don't know where that link has coming from. That page moved from that location like a year ago; Google shouldn't be pulling that result up anymore.

However, since it is, can we add a rewrite rule like:

RewriteRule ^En/Core_JavaScript_1\.5_Reference/Objects/(.*) en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/$1
[R,L]

That should fix these links so they work the way people expect, since Google is apparently taking forever to catch up.

Comment 7

[Pedro Alves]

And just out of curiosity, why is MDN's search also pointing to that same link?

Comment 8

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

The new MDN pages are using Google to do the search. Once you're in the docs, you're using the wiki software's search engine, and you'll get correct links.

Comment 9

[Pedro Alves]

Understood, thanks

Comment 10

[Fabian (Crash) Grutschus]

Removing the old links to MDN could be easily done with Google Webmastertools. You can add URLs you want to removed by wildcard and they usually do so within 24 hours.

currently requesting https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/Array/Sort results in four redirects:
1.
302 Found
Location	http://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/Array/Sort

2.
301 Moved Permanently
Location	https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/Array/Sort

3.
302 Found
Location	https://developer.mozilla.org/

4.
301 MOVED PERMANENTLY
Location	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

Comment 11

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

seeing a lot of complaints about this, so bumping to major.  can we figure out what's up with the redirects and also get the google search stuff resolved?

Comment 12

[Jeremy Orem [:oremj]]

(In reply to comment #10)
> Removing the old links to MDN could be easily done with Google Webmastertools.
> You can add URLs you want to removed by wildcard and they usually do so within
> 24 hours.
> 
> currently requesting
> https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Objects/Array/Sort
> results in four redirects:
> 1.
> 302 Found
> Location   
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/Array/Sort
> 
> 2.
> 301 Moved Permanently
> Location   
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Objects/Array/Sort
> 
> 3.
> 302 Found
> Location    https://developer.mozilla.org/
> 
> 4.
> 301 MOVED PERMANENTLY
> Location    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

In this case comment 6 probably won't fix anything.

Eric, what do you want me to do with this bug?

Comment 13

[Fabian (Crash) Grutschus]

Could this extra rewrite rule an option?

RewriteRule ^En/Core_JavaScript_1\.5_Reference/Objects/(.*) en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/$1 [R,L]

This would fix the urls found by Google, and still would make the content accessible as long the urls are in Google's index.

Comment 14

[Jeremy Orem [:oremj]]

Eric, is comment 13 what you want to do?

Comment 15

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

That looks right to me.

Comment 16

[Jeremy Orem [:oremj]]

Done.