[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2633: dead link from GRASS web site

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#2633: dead link from GRASS web site
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Reporter: Madi | Owner: grass-dev@…
     Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Website
Component: Website | Version: unspecified
Keywords: website | Platform: Unspecified
      Cpu: Unspecified |
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The link (from the top bar) to press releases http://grass.osgeo.org/home
/press-releases/ is broken, and press releases in general are hard to
find, if i look for a common parent path, for example the root of

http://grass.osgeo.org/news/33/84/Press-release-GRASS-GIS-Community-
Sprint-2014-in-Vienna/

http://grass.osgeo.org/news will give
Page not found (404)

All this because i was looking for the press release of community sprints
and didn't find Portland, I wanted to link it from the wiki page
http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Portland_2014

thanks
madi

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2633&gt;
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#2633: dead link from GRASS web site
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  Reporter: Madi | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: defect | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: Website
Component: Website | Version: unspecified
Resolution: fixed | Keywords: website
  Platform: Unspecified | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by neteler):

  * status: new => closed
  * resolution: => fixed

Comment:

Replying to [ticket:2633 Madi]:
> The link (from the top bar) to press releases
http://grass.osgeo.org/home/press-releases/ is broken,

... now fixed.
But note that that page is no longer updated since 2012 due to having the
news box.

> and press releases in general are hard to find, if i look for a common
parent path, for example the root of
>
> http://grass.osgeo.org/news/33/84/Press-release-GRASS-GIS-Community-
Sprint-2014-in-Vienna/
>
> http://grass.osgeo.org/news will give
> Page not found (404)

Yes, there is no such thing.

> All this because i was looking for the press release of community
sprints and didn't find Portland, I wanted to link it from the wiki page
http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Portland_2014

ok, I found a simple solution to it, following
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/modules/core/news

Now all recent news are finally shown here as well:

http://grass.osgeo.org/home/press-releases/

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