wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS

Centralize `support_url.txt` and fix redirect

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Description

Currently, we have dedicated support_url.txt files for each locale:

➜ g grep ios.forums -- fastlane
fastlane/metadata/ar-SA/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/da/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/de-DE/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/en-AU/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/en-CA/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/en-GB/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/en-US/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/es-ES/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/es-MX/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/fr-FR/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/id/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/it/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/ja/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/ko/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/nl-NL/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/no/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/pt-BR/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/pt-PT/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/ru/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/sv/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/th/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/tr/support_url.txt:https://ios.forums.wordpress.org
fastlane/metadata/zh-Hans/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/
fastlane/metadata/zh-Hant/support_url.txt:http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/

That's not a big deal, but given the value is the same, we might as well use a single file in fastlane/metadata/default.

What's more of a concern, is that the URL redirects to https://wordpress.org/mobile/. This should be fixed, whether by pointing to the updated forums URL ( https://wordpress.org/support/forum/mobile/ ) or update it to https://wordpress.org/mobile/ to avoid a redirect.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Inspect the locale-specific fastlane/metadata/*/support_url.txt files and the proposed fastlane/metadata/default/support_url.txt location. Consolidate the identical support URL there, select the updated forums or mobile URL described in the issue, and verify the resulting URL no longer redirects.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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