unkulunkulu 0 #1 November 21, 2012 Hi there. This page http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/index.shtml has an article titled "do skydivers care about safety?" by Bill Booth. The link is broken, it shouldn't contain the question mark, it leads to http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/Do_skydivers_care_about_safety?_19.html However, the correct link is http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/Do_skydivers_care_about_safety_19.html Also weird is that however link is broken, the site doesn't report an error but just sends to the list of articles again, which is definitely a bug. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #2 November 21, 2012 Quote Also weird is that however link is broken, the site doesn't report an error but just sends to the list of articles again, which is definitely a bug. It's not uncommon to re-direct invalid links to a home page. Keeps the errors down when someone follows an outdated link."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #3 November 21, 2012 Concealing errors is a great evil in software engineering, you have to indicate that the link is dead, afterwards you can redirect wherever you want, but the user won't helplessly try to find the information he came for on a page that seems legit. It is already an error when a wrong link is followed, but the site simply fools the user into believing that everything is ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #4 November 21, 2012 Ok, actually this website is very interesting :D For example, this link leads to the correct page with the article http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Gear_and_Equipment/Do_skydivers_care_about_safetyaoeuaoeaoeuoe_19.html And it actually shows errors for some other kinds of broken links, so it tries something clever at least :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meso 38 #5 November 22, 2012 Thanks for the heads up, the reason behind the error is that we recently changed our URL structures and with the change, it ended up causing 'special characters' to break the link if they were included in the article title, we went through a process of removing the special characters from the titles, but we evidently missed one. I've gone ahead and changed it, so that the link should now be correct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #6 December 20, 2012 Same thing here: http://www.dropzone.com/safety/Disciplines/Speed_Skydiving/index.shtml Maybe something more methodical than this should be done? E.g. an automated search at least for question marks? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #7 January 5, 2013 Ok, so I assume no one here is interested in this kind of information. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #8 January 7, 2013 The admin team has been on vacation for the last 2 weeks or so, we will get to this one shortly I think.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meso 38 #9 January 7, 2013 Just arrived back from Christmas vacation, hence the delay. But the article should now be fixed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #10 January 7, 2013 ok, peace, will report further then Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
