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SEC-2720: Documentation Has Broken Links

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Frank Beerstein (Migrated from SEC-2720) said:

Can you please create a new catch-all project called Spring.io Web Site? I have found a dozen broken links to various documentation, and in some cases, as in this case, there is no listed Project in your JIRA (could not find a project for Spring Cloud).

This is a major issue for anyone trying to learn your platform. In this case, on the listed page, half of the example apps are 404s.

As webmaster and architect, might I suggest you run a link checker on your site every evening, and have your test team notified? There's no excuse for having even a single broken link, given today's plethora of tools for detecting them.

If you do not do that, can you please put a prominent link on the footer of your pages to report broken web pages on your site?

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Research direction

The issue names no repository file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the page with the reported example-app links and confirming the 404s; the requested scope remains unresolved between fixing links, adding a reporting footer, and setting up recurring link checks.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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