[pydotorg-www] links for in-development versions of documentation

Michael Foord michael at python.org
Tue Nov 13 14:43:07 CET 2012


On 29 Oct 2012, at 17:43, Michael Foord <michael at python.org> wrote:

> An additional report from a user to webmaster at python.org :
> 
> Also, the "Python 2.x * Browse Current Documentation" link actually goes to "Python v3.3.0 documentation"!

This was already fixed.

> 
> On 29 Oct 2012, at 06:51, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Michael Foord <michael at python.org> wrote:
>>> Thanks Chris, I'm forwarding this to the web team.
>> 
>> Thanks, Michael.  I also came across a broken link here: "Module
>> Index" after "Browse Current Documentation" under Python 2.x on this
>> page:
>> 
>> http://www.python.org/doc/
>> 
>> It looks like it should point here:
>> 
>> http://docs.python.org/2/py-modindex.html (or equivalently
>> http://docs.python.org/py-modindex.html)


I've fixed this.

>> 
>> instead of--
>> 
>> http://docs.python.org/modindex.html
>> 
>> --Chris
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Michael
>>> 
>>> On 28 Oct 2012, at 19:06, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi, I noticed on "the complete list of documentation by Python version":
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.python.org/doc/versions/
>>>> 
>>>> that there are no direct links to the latest in-development versions
>>>> for 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3.  There is only a direct link to the
>>>> in-development 3.4 version (as well as direct links to the *released*
>>>> versions of 2.7, 3.2, and 3.3).
>>>> 
>>>> I think it would be useful to add sub-bullets under the first bullet
>>>> ("Unreleased, development versions of the documentation") that lists
>>>> direct links to the latest in-development version of each version
>>>> still under development:
>>>> 
>>>> * http://docs.python.org/2.7/
>>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.2/
>>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.3/
>>>> * http://docs.python.org/3.4/


I've added these.

All the best,

Michael

>>>> 
>>>> If you choose not to include direct links for these in-development
>>>> versions, I think you should include a note stating that these
>>>> in-development versions exist and that they can be found by navigating
>>>> from the latest development version http://docs.python.org/dev/ .
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --Chris
>>>> 
>>> 
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