[DOCS-23] 3 second redirects on website could be handled better. Created: 01/Jan/11  Updated: 06/Jun/12  Resolved: 06/Jun/12

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
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Affects Version/s: None
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Type: Improvement Priority: Trivial - P5
Reporter: Seth Bunce Assignee: Sam Kleinman (Inactive)
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
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related to DOCS-107 Track 404s Closed
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 Description   

example:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/getLastError

I find it annoying that a page which appears to have a lot of content redirects me. If there is a 3 second redirect the page should say, "this page has been moved, redirecting you in 3 seconds". It shouldn't have all the old documentation visible.

I think either of these 3 options would be better.
0. Remove everything on redirect page except for simple message explaining redirection.
1. Use HTTP 301.
2. Use HTML meta redirect with 0 timeout.



 Comments   
Comment by Sam Kleinman (Inactive) [ 06/Jun/12 ]

Redirects are now <1 second HTTP/javascript redirects in the client rather than being 301, which is somewhat clumsy but not a huge problem.

At some point , we'll want something that doesn't seem so clumsy when dozens (100ish? more?) of mongodb.org pages redirect to other places (new docs, some other content management solution? driver documentation). But for now, I think it's fine to resolve this.

Comment by Steve Francia [ 06/Jun/12 ]

I think this is resolved. Sam can you confirm?

Comment by Sam Kleinman (Inactive) [ 21/May/12 ]

I actually think that the redirects are 1 second. it's configurable in the redirect plugin.

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