[boost] Re: broken links and web site feedback...

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-14 09:38:03

"Aleksey Gurtovoy" <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> William McDonald writes:
>> While trying to send the following message to boost_at_[hidden], 
>> it bounced back.
>  
> It's been a while since we switched to Mailman -- 
> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost. Does it still say 
> 'boost_at_[hidden]' somewhere on the website (besides 
> http://www.boost.org/more/faq.htm -- just fixed this one)?
>
>> I'm not sure who handles broken links (i.e. who your web master is), 
>> but this link only redirects if it doesn't have the 'index.htm' after 
>> it.  It is off the main library page 
>> (http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.htm)...
>
> Hmm, a search of "smart_ptr/index.htm" through all the docs/HTML pages 
> didn't turn up anything. Are you sure the link came from the Boost 
> website?
>
>> Broken link:  http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.htm 
>
> This one indeed doesn't work (should be "index.html"), but then it 
> doesn't seem to be present anywhere on the website.
>
>> I recommend putting the web master's feedback link on the bottom of 
>> every page.
>
> We don't have a single webmaster, but some address that doesn't require
> one to join a mailing list in order to report a typo or broken link 
> indeed would be nice. 
>
> Folks, do we have one already?

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Dave Abrahams
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