Closed Bug 730743 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Bad Links in "Using Web Standards in your Web Pages"

Categories

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Editing, defect)

Product:
developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Editing
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: david, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

On the cited Web page, there is a "Contents" section with seven links. The first link "Benefits of using web standards" actually sends the user to "The Business Benefits of Web Standards", which begins with a box containing "You do not have permissions to view this page - please try logging in." (That page uses the acronym SERPS without defining it.) The fourth link "Developing Cross Browser/Cross Platform Pages" actually sends the user to <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/>, which is the English (US) home page for the Mozilla Developer Network Web site. Nothing on that page discusses cross-browser or cross-platform issues. The fifth link "Using XMLHttpRequest" also begins with a box containing "You do not have permissions to view this page - please try logging in." (Given the current state and reputation of XHTML, I'm not sure it is an appropriate issue for this site.)
Sheppy, sounds like some of these links are pointing to non-existing pages? Is this related to the re-org of some pages? Is there a tracking bug for that yet? If not, do we need to simply update the links on this page?
Component: Website → Docs Platform
QA Contact: website → docs-platform
Sounds like an assortment of problems at play here. The "you don't have permissions" thing sounds like that bug where that message displays for no reason sometimes. I just went over it, and every one of those links except for the "Developing Cross Browser/Cross Platform Pages" one, which is a result of the original MediaWiki->Deki conversion not handling page titles with a slash in the name properly. I renamed the target page and updated the link: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages/Developing_cross-browser_and_cross-platform_pages
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
But what is "SERPS" (Section 1: Using Web Standards in your Web Pages)? An acronym should not be used in any text (online or hardcopy) without first defining it.
I had to look it up myself. It stands for "Search Engine Results Pages." I renamed that section to use the more common term "Search Engine Optimization" in the section title.
Yes, I agree this is now fixed.
Component: Docs Platform → Editing
Product: developer.mozilla.org → developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
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