IQSS / IQSS/dataverse

:NavbarSupportUrl not honored by support link on login page

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Description

What steps does it take to reproduce the issue?

Set :NavbarSupportUrl then click on the login page's "contact Dataverse support" link. Nothing happens.

  • When does this issue occur?

When :NavbarSupportUrl is set

  • Which page(s) does it occurs on?

loginpage.xhtml

  • What happens?

Nothing

  • To whom does it occur (all users, curators, superusers)?

All users

  • What did you expect to happen?

Refer user to :NavbarSupportUrl

Which version of Dataverse are you using?

v6.5

Any related open or closed issues to this bug report?

I thought this might be small enough to get rolled into #11404 ? If not, feel free to close in favor of SPA development.

Are you thinking about creating a pull request for this issue?

Not just yet.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with loginpage.xhtml and reproduce the issue after setting :NavbarSupportUrl. Trace the login page's support-link handling and verify that clicking it directs users to the configured :NavbarSupportUrl.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, java
Domain
authentication, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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