Fix 404 errors

cedewey commented

2019-01-01 22:15:52 +00:00

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Background

A best practice when launching a new site is to monitor 404 errors and fix any pages that people are trying to reach which no longer exist (or never existed to begin with).

Work Required

Review 404 errors
Fix errors worth fixing
Ignore errors for situations like lazy attempts to hack the site

## Background A best practice when launching a new site is to monitor 404 errors and fix any pages that people are trying to reach which no longer exist (or never existed to begin with). ## Work Required * [x] Review 404 errors * [x] Fix errors worth fixing * [x] Ignore errors for situations like lazy attempts to hack the site

mlncn commented

2019-01-08 16:43:58 +00:00

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Working with Clayton and Bridget, we have found for identifying 404 errors:

https://agaric.coop/admin/config/search/redirect/404 - easiest view and best for most things.
Google Analytics, 404, and it's possible to add a second dimension for the previous path, which seems to show where the page was viewed from, even though 'referrer' and 'from' show nothing. Useful for identifying which pages have broken images:

Here is a link to the template for the 404 report, with drilldowns for
previous page path and referrer:
https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/template?uid=a3aIePagRiGiCgp_7YQ36Q
This is totally dependent on your 404 pages having the title "Requested
page not found | Agaric", so be sure to change the filter if you change the
title of your 404 pages.

Working with Clayton and Bridget, we have found for identifying 404 errors: 1. https://agaric.coop/admin/config/search/redirect/404 - easiest view and best for most things. 2. Google Analytics, 404, and it's possible to add a second dimension for the previous path, which seems to show where the page was viewed from, even though 'referrer' and 'from' show nothing. Useful for identifying which pages have broken images: > Here is a link to the template for the 404 report, with drilldowns for previous page path and referrer: https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/template?uid=a3aIePagRiGiCgp_7YQ36Q This is totally dependent on your 404 pages having the title "Requested page not found | Agaric", so be sure to change the filter if you change the title of your 404 pages.

cedewey commented

2019-01-08 18:27:33 +00:00

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cedewey commented

2019-01-08 20:02:19 +00:00

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cedewey commented

2019-01-08 20:03:02 +00:00

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Ok! 404 errors addresses or ignored. This is something to monitor on an ongoing basis, but we can consider this specific issue complete.