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Several dead links on Templates & Examples page (https://eclipse-birt.github.io/birt-website/docs/template-introduction)
I hope this is the right report documentation issues. If not, please point me in the right direction. I noticed a number of dead links on https://eclipse-birt.github.io/birt-website/docs/template-introduction. Here is one example:
- XML Data Source
This problem remains: incorrect links on that page, which is what's offered via the "templates" option of the top-level menu of the main birt site.
The results differ: now they all redirect to birt main site, https://eclipse-birt.github.io/birt-website/. That includes the link mentioned by the OP above (in 2023) and for any of them, starting with the first, "product catalog", which tries to go to https://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/examples/solution/ProductCatalog.html but again simply redirects back to the site front page.
Indeed, it's as if some global rewrite changes anything URL starting with eclipse.org/birt to eclipse-birt.github.io/birt-website/, but it does it without regard to offering a CORRECT specific page to redirect to--nor does the rewrite distinguish between a legit previous link or not. For example, using https://www.eclipse.org/birt/bob also just redirects back to that front page.
Finally, if someone may say "just download the templates, as offered via the 'you can simply download all reports and their templates here' link on that page", sadly that fails also. The page it links to offers a link which itself also fails: https://eclipse-birt.github.io/static/templates/BIRT-templates-download_V4.9.zip. And there's no mention of any templates zip on the downloads page. I realize that could be raised as another issue, but I wanted to wait to see what the reply may be to this one.
@chloetz @wimjongman Shouldn't this be transferred to the birt-website repo?
Besides, I still think that the entry barriers to collaboration are too high. I'd prefer a GH wiki right here at the birt repo.
You know what Thread-Hijacking is? I thought this thread is about broken links on web page and docs?!
