Maniphest T54062

wiki.blender.org links are redirecting to Blender Manual
Closed, Resolved

Assigned To
Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto)
Authored By
Christopher_Anderssarian
Feb 13 2018, 2:40 AM
Tags
  • Documentation
Subscribers
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify)
Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto)
Campbell Barton (campbellbarton)
Christopher_Anderssarian
Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina)

Related Objects

Mentioned In
rBAbd60e89fa04f: Network Renderer: redirecting Documentation wiki link
rBAbfab29085ca8: Network Renderer: redirecting Documentation wiki link

Event Timeline

Christopher_Anderssarian created this task.Feb 13 2018, 2:40 AM
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) assigned this task to Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto).Feb 13 2018, 4:37 PM
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to Normal.
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) removed a project: Infrastructure: Websites.
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added subscribers: Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto), Aaron Carlisle (Blendify).

This should really be moved to a new location since it is an addon, though @Brendon Murphy (meta-androcto) should do this

Christopher_Anderssarian added a comment.EditedFeb 13 2018, 6:19 PM

Thank you for your response,
while I appreciate the willingness to move the net render documentation (and was what prompted me to investigate the issue).
The reason I opened this task was to point out that the navigation on https://wiki.blender.org is not working.

Here are some examples to demonstrate the issue:
Goto:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Render/Display
Change the Blender version to 2.6 (top centre). That links to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Display
which redirects to:
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/index.html
But this should link to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc%3A2.6/Manual/Render/Display

Another example:
Goto:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc%3A2.6/Manual/Render#Performance
If you click on "Performance". That links to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Performance
witch redirects to:
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/index.html
But it should link to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc%3A2.6/Manual/Render/Performance

When I say "But it should link to:" I mean that this is what works (currently).

And just to reiterate the reason why I added project: Infrastructure: Websites was, as the second example shows, when clicking something that doesn't exist* in the new manual: https://docs.blender.org there is no 404 page or information on what the user just clicked.

I hope this is clear, as to the navigation I'll let the people that know how the links and redirects should work chime in.

P.S. If the wiki manual is no longer being supported that's fine. I just think that people who are browsing the wiki shouldn't get link off to the new manual when changing Blender versions (first new example).

*There is a Performance tab, but this is for Blender Cycles and not for Blender Internal.

Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina) added a subscriber: Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina).Feb 13 2018, 6:28 PM

Note i've created the wiki page for the add-on. so that issue should be addressed soon.

https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Render/Net_render

Vuk Gardašević (lijenstina) mentioned this in rBAbfab29085ca8: Network Renderer: redirecting Documentation wiki link.Feb 13 2018, 7:13 PM
Bastien Montagne (mont29) mentioned this in rBAbd60e89fa04f: Network Renderer: redirecting Documentation wiki link.Feb 13 2018, 8:12 PM
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added a subscriber: Campbell Barton (campbellbarton).Feb 13 2018, 8:31 PM

These redirects were set up a while ago and I do not find it reasonable to take the time to re-update to the exact locations in the new manual. I think other like @Campbell Barton (campbellbarton) would agree.

Christopher_Anderssarian added a comment.Feb 13 2018, 9:30 PM

Totally agree, I'm just wondering if the wiki manual can be fixed to work on it's own.

In T54062#484461, @Christopher_Anderssarian wrote:

Here are some examples to demonstrate the issue:
Goto:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Render/Display
Change the Blender version to 2.6 (top centre). That links to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Display
which redirects to:
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/index.html
But this should link to:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc%3A2.6/Manual/Render/Display

P.S. If the wiki manual is no longer being supported that's fine. I just think that people who are browsing the wiki shouldn't get link off to the new manual when changing Blender versions (first new example).

Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) added a comment.Feb 13 2018, 10:27 PM
In T54062#484461, @Christopher_Anderssarian wrote:

P.S. If the wiki manual is no longer being supported that's fine. I just think that people who are browsing the wiki shouldn't get link off to the new manual when changing Blender versions (first new example).

Yes the wiki manual is archived which is why we redirect from it.

Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) moved this task from Backlog to Administrative on the Documentation board.Feb 14 2018, 6:53 PM
Aaron Carlisle (Blendify) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Resolved.Feb 18 2018, 2:11 AM

The page now lives in the new location.