- From: Julee <julee@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:17:58 -0700
- To: Lea Verou <lea@w3.org>
- CC: Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>, Ryan Lane <rlane32@gmail.com>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>
Ha! Great! I like the first one. J ---------------------------- julee@adobe.com @adobejulee -----Original Message----- From: Lea Verou <lea@w3.org> Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:15 PM To: julee <julee@adobe.com> Cc: Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>, Ryan Lane <rlane32@gmail.com>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org> Subject: Re: 404 page (was Re: URL aliases for WPD without /wiki) >How does something like this look? > >http://i1.minus.com/iGfRmjKm0ge9P.png >http://i3.minus.com/ibu6imWYDGMUXO.png > >Cheers, >Lea > >Lea Verou >W3C developer relations >http://w3.org/people/all#lea ? http://lea.verou.me ? @leaverou > > > > > > >On Mar 26, 2013, at 20:04, Lea Verou wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I¡¯ve been brainstorming for ideas for the error pages. The idea I¡¯m >>thinking of going with is to create big numbers in the style of the logo >>(with colored edges in the same style) which will form the error code at >>the top of the page. Underneath will be a short description of what a >>404 error is, like Seb suggested. The good thing about this is that it >>will work for all codes, with little extra effort. >> >> My question is: Do you think the page should be more minimal, or should >>it have the rest of the WPD cruft around it (navigation, search, footer, >>etc). In the former case I will create a static page, otherwise it might >>be worth to add a special WPD: page (going back and forth between >>WPD:404 and WPD:Not_Found). >> >> Cheers, >> Lea >> >> Lea Verou >> W3C developer relations >> http://w3.org/people/all#lea ? http://lea.verou.me ? @leaverou >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 22, 2013, at 01:27, Julee wrote: >> >>> Hi, Denis: >>> >>> I think having a good 404 page is a great idea -- and maybe some other >>>key >>> error pages as well. (Have you ever seen Renny Gleeson's Ted Talk on >>> 404s?[1]) >>> >>> I'll add it to the agenda for tomorrow's meeting and perhaps someone >>>will >>> volunteer. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Julee >>> >>> [1] >>> >>>http://www.ted.com/talks/renny_gleeson_404_the_story_of_a_page_not_found >>>.ht >>> ml >>> >>> ---------------------------- >>> julee@adobe.com >>> @adobejulee >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org> >>> Date: Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:39 PM >>> To: Ryan Lane <rlane32@gmail.com> >>> Cc: Lea Verou <lea@w3.org>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, >>> "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org> >>> Subject: Re: URL aliases for WPD without /wiki >>> >>>> On 03/21/2013 05:15 PM, Ryan Lane wrote: >>>>> Let's avoid using .htaccess. It's better if these things are done >>>>> through the server configuration. It's easier to troubleshoot things >>>>> when server configuration is done in a single place, and it's easier >>>>>to >>>>> configuration manage it. >>>> >>>> Yes, it's better to have all these things in one place. The redirects >>>> have been added in the Apache configuration directly. >>>> >>>> Lea, I limited the redirect to request uris starting by >>>> "/(beginners|css|dom|concepts|accessibility|svg|html|javascript|apis)" >>>> so if we add new pages under www in the future, it won't be caught by >>>> the rewrite rule. >>>> Let me know if there's any issue. >>>> >>>> Concerning the 404s, I'll be happy to configure Apache to serve a >>>>better >>>> page if you have one. >>>> >>>> Denis >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
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