We can definitely do redirects. There's already a handful in place from when the original website was refactored. See here [1].
Justin [1] https://github.com/apache/activemq-website/blob/main/src/.htaccess On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 3:13 PM Michael André Pearce <michael.andre.pea...@me.com.invalid> wrote: > So what happens now if those pages are removed? Google will send users to > non-existent pages….. > > If we do that is it possible to put auto redirects in or something to > latest? So if someone googles they at least get redirected instead of a 404 > and then stumped…. > > > > > On 9 May 2022, at 18:01, Havret <h4v...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yep, every single time I google sth artemis related I end up in the old > > docs. > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 6:54 PM Justin Bertram <jbert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> One reason to remove old docs is that folks who don't know better > >> invariably read old docs rather than the latest and greatest. This is > >> usually caused by search engines handing out old links. > >> > >> I'm +1 to remove them. > >> > >> > >> Justin > >> > >> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 11:53 PM Michael André Pearce > >> <michael.andre.pea...@me.com.invalid> wrote: > >> > >>> What harm is there in keeping old docs? I’m a little -1 removal of old > >>> docs unless there’s areal pressing driver that cannot be addressed / > >>> resolved. > >>> > >>> E.g. what is the driver here? > >>> > >>> Space on the http server? I’d be a bit surprised if it was due to this > >>> docs aren’t that huge, and in this day and age even my mobile probably > >> can > >>> store all historical docs fine…. > >>> > >>> If it’s build time of website, can old docs not be generated once and > >>> marked to not rebuild for website rebuild by default, probably want to > >> have > >>> a flag to force a rebuild if really needed… > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > >>> > >>>> On 6 May 2022, at 14:12, Robbie Gemmell <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I think that can have its own issues in terms of most easily (for us > >>>> and them) directing folks to the appropriate bit of doc when answering > >>>> a question, given how often users love to ask questions about > >>>> not-latest versions. I've found maintaining a window of docs to be a > >>>> good balance. > >>>> > >>>> E.g consider that you just change the default of some values; having > >>>> only the current docs will likely mislead other people on the > >>>> behaviour. Sometimes even those that wrote it, because they forgot, > >>>> and are looking at the doc to find out what it does :) > >>>> > >>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 13:26, Clebert Suconic < > >> clebert.suco...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I would prefer only keeping the current doc... older docs are part of > >>>>> the zip bundle anyways, right? > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:02 AM Robbie Gemmell < > >>> robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I think it is reasonable to remove older docs, both to control the > >>>>>> size of the site content and since people should be using the more > >>>>>> recent things already. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> For Qpid the main docs page links to the current docs, and links to > >>>>>> the 'past releases' page where each release page then has that > >>>>>> versions docs. We typically keep the last 2-3 years of the release > >>>>>> specific pages/download links/docs etc available on the site. > >>>>>> Infrequently we then trim the oldest ones out to get back nearer the > >> 2 > >>>>>> years. Rinse and repeat. Link to the archive for anything not on the > >>>>>> site. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 02:51, Clebert Suconic < > >>> clebert.suco...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Can we stop storing old releases documentation on the website? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> If we start to release bi weekly as we proposed, it's going to be a > >>>>>>> lot of old releases in there. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Over the years this has accumulated a few already > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> If users want a previous doc, they can always just download the > >> older > >>>>>>> version with the docs anyway. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Clebert Suconic > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Clebert Suconic > >>> > >>> > >> > >
