Bug 1945 - When language is set at French, links "forum" on different page may send to different forums.
Summary: When language is set at French, links "forum" on different page may send to d...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Websites
Classification: Unclassified
Component: www.mageia.org (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Atelier Team
QA Contact:
URL: http://mageia.org/fr/
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Reported: 2011-06-28 10:59 CEST by Thomas Courbon
Modified: 2012-06-13 00:53 CEST (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Thomas Courbon 2011-06-28 10:59:20 CEST
Description of problem:
When loading the Mageia's main site my language is detected as fr and the localised version of the site is presented. On the main page's navigation bar, the "Forum" link points at http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/ which redirect to http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/.

But if you click on "Contribuer" (French for "contribute") and then on any link that points toward the forum you're send on "forum.mageia.org".

Why that's bugging me:
Two apparently similar links are actually different.
Also, as far I understand the Mageia's ecosystem,forum at mageia.org haven't the same purpose (support in English, international community and discussion on contributing) than mageialinux-online forum (support in French language). I would have expected to find a link to the later only on the "Assistance" page. Of course I may misunderstand the link between mageia.org and mageialinux-online.fr, please educate me !



How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load http://mageia.org/fr/
2. Click on the "Forum" link on the upper navigation bar
3. Get redirecto to http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum
Comment 1 Wolfgang Bornath 2011-06-28 11:10:48 CEST
First about the forum ecosystem:
Mageia lets local communities decide whether they want to establish a localized forum inside the forums.mageia.org system (such as the Germans did) or have their (possibly already existing) forum on their own server. That's what MLO did.

So, the main nav bar leads you to MLO if your browser is redirected to the French Mageia pages. This redirection is not possible inside the text of the pages, so this is the task of the translators of the page - meaning, this is a bug in the french web translation.

It may also be that this link is inside a variable field of a web page, which will net be translated. Then you will be sent to the international forum. I don't know if it is possible to change that.

If you are sent to the international forum you can go to the section "Communities" and click on the MLO link. Plans are to have a header on the forum site which displays links to all local forums.

CC: (none) => molch.b

Comment 2 Thomas Courbon 2011-06-28 11:20:28 CEST
(In reply to comment #1)
> First about the forum ecosystem:
> Mageia lets local communities decide whether they want to establish a localized
> forum inside the forums.mageia.org system (such as the Germans did) or have
> their (possibly already existing) forum on their own server. That's what MLO
> did.

Didn't know that, thank for the hint.
 
> So, the main nav bar leads you to MLO if your browser is redirected to the
> French Mageia pages. This redirection is not possible inside the text of the
> pages, so this is the task of the translators of the page - meaning, this is a
> bug in the french web translation.
>
> It may also be that this link is inside a variable field of a web page, which
> will net be translated. Then you will be sent to the international forum. I
> don't know if it is possible to change that.

Then, should I open a bug somewhere else, or is it possible to move this report to the correct category ? So the support page's link will be eventually corrected.
 
> If you are sent to the international forum you can go to the section
> "Communities" and click on the MLO link. Plans are to have a header on the
> forum site which displays links to all local forums.

Actually I was looking for pointer onto how to get onboard the Mageia contributing train and expected to find myself on the international forum. 

Cheers !
Thomas
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-21 21:33:27 CEST
ping?

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 4 Oliver Burger 2011-10-21 23:13:05 CEST
I can't reproduce.

The link always shows to https://forums.mageia.org/fr/ which is redirected to MLO.

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED
CC: (none) => oliver.bgr

Comment 5 Thomas Courbon 2011-10-21 23:19:09 CEST
Just reproduced it.

If I go to http://www.mageia.org/ with my browser I'm redirected to http://www.mageia.org/fr.

Now, if I click on the forum link in the top navbar I arrive on MLO through a redirection via http://www.mageia.org/forum/fr/
But, if I go to "Contribuer" then click on the first link to the forum (in the text : "Aide aux utilisateurs et support du projet", "Sur les canaux IRC, les forums,..." << link here) I'm send to http://www.mageia.org/forum/en via http://www.mageia.org/forum/
Comment 6 Oliver Burger 2011-10-21 23:27:41 CEST
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood you.

I thought you were talking about the link in the banner...

I fixed it in svn, Romain, Dams, could you push it?
Comment 7 Romain d'Alverny 2011-10-22 17:52:38 CEST
Pushed. Does that fix the whole issue?

CC: (none) => rdalverny

Comment 8 Thomas Courbon 2011-10-22 17:59:51 CEST
Their is a link at the bottom of the page that wasn't fixed. It's in paragraph "Quelques minutes".
Comment 9 Romain d'Alverny 2011-10-22 18:07:16 CEST
Just updated.
Comment 10 Romain d'Alverny 2012-05-24 23:30:51 CEST
Could you check the situation (www.m.o got some updates) and report existing issues or close this bug please? Thanks!
Comment 11 Marja Van Waes 2012-06-08 22:56:15 CEST
In http://www.mageia.org/fr/community/ :

If I click on "Forum" in the "Boîte à outils", I end up in the *English* forum.
The link is to https://forums.mageia.org (so without "/en/")

But if I go to the bottom of the page, to "Planet | Blog | Forum", and choose "Forum" there, I end up where I should go, in the *French* forum
The link is to https://forums.mageia.org/fr/

The "forum" link in "Conversations" works the same, It links to https://forums.mageia.org/fr/ and you end up in http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/
Comment 12 Romain d'Alverny 2012-06-13 00:53:28 CEST
Fixed.

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED


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