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#48987 closed task (blessed) (fixed)

Replace Codex links with their HelpHub counterparts (take 2)

Reported by: netweb's profile netweb Owned by: sergeybiryukov's profile SergeyBiryukov
Milestone: 6.2 Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: General Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: docs Cc:

Description

Follow up to #47771 for WP 5.4 via @casiepa in ​meta:ticket:4907

Now that the new HelpHub is getting up to speed, it would probably be good to grep for all links to Codex in core?

At a glance, most Codex links used in core do indeed redirect to their HelpHub counterparts now, for example:

​https://translate.wordpress.org links:

Links:

Let's update all the Codex URLs in core and bundled themes to link to the corresponding HelpHub articles.

Attachments (2)

48987.diff​ (2.3 KB) - added by Marcio Zebedeu 5 years ago.
48987.2.diff​ (1.4 KB) - added by Chaton666 4 years ago.

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Change History (50)

#1 @Marcio Zebedeu
5 years ago

@netweb That sounds about right. I can patch it up.

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5 years ago

#3 @davidbaumwald
5 years ago

@marcio-zebedeu Are you still working on a patch for this to include in 5.4?

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5 years ago

#5 @Marcio Zebedeu
5 years ago

@davidbaumwald go to work now and send that in an hour.

@Marcio Zebedeu
5 years ago

#6 @Marcio Zebedeu
5 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch dev-feedback added; good-first-bug removed

I added the patch but so it doesn't cover all the links presented.

Therefore, the following codex links do not have their corresponding links in helphub:
​https://codex.wordpress.org/CSS
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin_Settings_Screen
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin_Themes_Screen
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin_Users_Screen

As for the following links, they would need feedback to know if they would be removed or kept as it is still possible to activate the Links and Link categories:

​https://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Add_New_Screen
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Link_Categories_Screen
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Screen

#7 @Marcio Zebedeu
5 years ago

the person responsible for the migration is already fixing the pages that have not yet been migrated. Then then I can modify patch

#8 @davidbaumwald
5 years ago

  • Milestone changed from 5.4 to Future Release

This ticket still needs a resolution, and with 5.4 Beta 1 landing tomorrow, this is being moved to Future Release. If any maintainer or committer feels this can be included in 5.4 or wishes to assume ownership during a specific cycle, feel free to update the milestone accordingly.

#9 @zodiac1978
4 years ago

Not sure if those pages will be moved too, so I just mention the ones i found additionally:

In the readme.txt files of the default bundled themes there are links to the codex too.
​https://codex.wordpress.org/Twenty_Thirteen (and all the other Twenty* themes)
and their changelog pages, like ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Twenty_Fifteen_Theme_Changelog

In some of the default themes is a 404.php file linking to ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Error_404_Page

In wp-includes/cache-compat.php and wp-includes/cache.php is a link to ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Object_Cache

In wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/inc/customizer.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails#Setting_a_Post_Thumbnail

The readme.html links to ​https://codex.wordpress.org/IRC, although this redirects already to ​https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/appendix/other-support-locations/introduction-to-irc/

In wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/custom-header.php (and more) I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Headers

In wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/rtl.css (and more) I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Right_to_Left_Language_Support

In wp-admin/network/user-new.php and /wp-settings.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins

In wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/functions.php (and more) I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Logo

In wp-includes/author-template.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates

In wp-includes/wp-db.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpdb_Class (which shows ​https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/ as new location)

In wp-includes/functions.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/File_Header

Last edited 4 years ago by zodiac1978 (previous) (diff)

#10 @zodiac1978
4 years ago

@marcio-zebedeu I am not sure about <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Header_Screen">Documentation on Custom Header</a> changing to <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/appearance-customize-screen">Documentation on Custom Header</a>

As this is only about the header image, wouldn't it be better to link to the correct section?
​https://wordpress.org/support/article/appearance-customize-screen/#header-image

If there are no decisions made for new helphub pages the patch should at least include this one:

In wp-includes/wp-db.php I found ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpdb_Class (which shows ​https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/ as new location)

@SergeyBiryukov I think after these additions the patch could be a starting point and added to 5.7.

#11 @SergeyBiryukov
4 years ago

  • Summary changed from Replace Codex links with their HelpHub counterparts to Replace Codex links with their HelpHub counterparts (take 2)

#12 @SergeyBiryukov
4 years ago

  • Owner set to SergeyBiryukov
  • Status changed from new to accepted

Just noting that some of these links were previously considered in #47771 (comment 8, comment 11, comment 12), but either didn't have a suitable HelpHub or DevHub equivalent at the time, or the Codex pages had significantly more relevant information than the DevHub ones.

It looks like that is still the case for most links, however a few links have changed since then, so let's address them on a case-by-case basis.

These can be safely replaced, as they either already redirect or have a full equivalent:

Last edited 3 years ago by SergeyBiryukov (previous) (diff)

#13 @SergeyBiryukov
4 years ago

In 49912:

Docs: Second pass at replacing Codex URLs with a corresponding HelpHub or DevHub article.

Follow-up to [45674-45677].

Props marcio-zebedeu, zodiac1978, netweb.
See #48987.

#14 follow-up: @Chaton666
4 years ago

At the french team doc (@audrasjb, @jdy68) we have made some research to replace old codex links in the dashboard.
@jdy68 have made ​this doc which list links. Some of these are already updated.

There are still links that point to the old codex :

Here is a patch which fix these two links.

Last edited 4 years ago by Chaton666 (previous) (diff)

@Chaton666
4 years ago

#15 @audrasjb
4 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Future Release to 5.7

Thanks! Moving the ticket back to milestone 5.7

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4 years ago

#17 in reply to: ↑ 14 @SergeyBiryukov
4 years ago

  • Keywords dev-feedback removed
  • Milestone changed from 5.7 to Future Release

Replying to Chaton666:

There are still links that point to the old codex :

Thanks for the patch! However, as noted in comment:12, these links are not equivalent:

  • ​Appearance Background Screen is about the old Custom Background screen (visible in the screenshots there and still accessible via /wp-admin/themes.php?page=custom-background), not about the Customizer.
  • ​Dashboard My Sites Screen is about the My Sites screen, not about the Network Admin Sites screen.
Last edited 4 years ago by SergeyBiryukov (previous) (diff)

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#19 @hellofromTonya
4 years ago

#52739 was marked as a duplicate.

#20 @tobifjellner
4 years ago

There's a prominent mention of Codex in /readme.html:

<dt><a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/">The WordPress Codex</a></dt>
<dd>The Codex is the encyclopedia of all things WordPress. It is the most comprehensive source of information for WordPress available.</dd>

It would be good to fix that both for trunk and 5.7.x

Last edited 4 years ago by tobifjellner (previous) (diff)

#23 follow-up: @audrasjb
3 years ago

Nice finding @netweb. The above PR fixes the issue. Does the proposed wording sounds better to you?

#24 @SergeyBiryukov
3 years ago

In 53393:

Docs: Replace Codex URL with a corresponding HelpHub article in the Additional CSS section in Customizer.

Follow-up to [45674-45677], [46740], [49912].

Props stevenlinx, audrasjb.
Fixes #55710. See #48987.

#25 in reply to: ↑ 23 @SergeyBiryukov
3 years ago

Replying to audrasjb:

Nice finding @netweb. The above PR fixes the issue. Does the proposed wording sounds better to you?

That was @tobifjellner's comment :)

#26 @audrasjb
3 years ago

ah alright, I understand the whole thing now

Version 0, edited 3 years ago by audrasjb (next)

#27 @netweb
2 years ago

This ticket was mentioned in PR #2707 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by audrasjb.
​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2707

Approved, good to commit

#28 @audrasjb
2 years ago

  • Milestone changed from Future Release to 6.1

Moving for 6.1 consideration.

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2 years ago

#30 @audrasjb
2 years ago

In 54189:

General: Replace Codex with HelpHub in WordPress readme.

This updates WordPress main readme.txt file to replace Codex link with HelpHub.

Props audrasjb, netweb, SergeyBiryukov, tobifjellner.
See #48987.

#33 @audrasjb
2 years ago

The above PR (2707) refreshes @Chaton666's previous PR to only take into account the My Sites screen.

#34 @audrasjb
2 years ago

In 54225:

General: Replace Codex links with their HelpHub counterparts - My Sites screen

Props chaton666.
See #48987.

#36 @SergeyBiryukov
2 years ago

I don't think [54225] is correct. As noted in comment:17:

​Dashboard My Sites Screen is about the My Sites screen, not about the ​Network Admin Sites Screen.

These are different screens, so one link is not a replacement for the other. As far as I can tell, there is no replacement for the former link at this time.

Last edited 2 years ago by SergeyBiryukov (previous) (diff)

#37 @audrasjb
2 years ago

Errr… I didn't understand your comment correctly :(
You're definitely right @SergeyBiryukov. I'll revert this changeset accordingly.

I'll also suggest a new HelpHub page for this screen.

#38 @audrasjb
2 years ago

In 54245:

General: Revert [54225].

The My Site screen is not documented on HelpHub yet, so let's re-add the former Codex link for now.

Follow-up to [54225].

Props SergeyBiryukov.
Unprops audrasjb.
See #48987.

#39 @audrasjb
2 years ago

  • Type changed from enhancement to task (blessed)

Let's convert this to a task, instead of an enhancement.

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2 years ago

#41 @audrasjb
2 years ago

  • Milestone changed from 6.1 to 6.2

With WP 6.1 RC 1 scheduled tomorrow (Oct 10, 2022), there is not much time left to address this ticket. Let's move it to the next milestone.

Ps: if you were about to send a patch and if you feel it is realistic to commit it in the next few hours, please feel free to move this ticket back to milestone 6.1.

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22 months ago

#43 @rudlinkon
22 months ago

@audrasjb is this page ​Documentation on My Sites ready to use 6.2 or not? If not we can improve the content. @SergeyBiryukov what's your opinion, could you please check?

#44 follow-up: @audrasjb
22 months ago

@rudlinkon not sure I understand well your question, but as far as I know this HelpHub article is already linked in /wp-admin/network/sites.php help tab.

#45 in reply to: ↑ 44 @rudlinkon
22 months ago

Replying to audrasjb:

@rudlinkon not sure I understand well your question, but as far as I know this HelpHub article is already linked in /wp-admin/network/sites.php help tab.

Thank you @audrasjb for your quick reply so I think we can close this ticket, what do you think @SergeyBiryukov?

#46 @SergeyBiryukov
22 months ago

In 55347:

Docs: Update the wording for the Update Services link on Writing Settings screen.

The Codex URL was replaced with the corresponding HelpHub article a while ago.

Follow-up to [49912].

See #48987.

#47 @SergeyBiryukov
22 months ago

Looking at the remaining Codex URLs in core, it appears that most of them still don't have a corresponding HelpHub article at this time:

Updating these links would need some coordination with the Documentation team, probably as part of the effort to redirect all remaining pages to HelpHub in ​#meta5861.

I think this ticket can be closed for now, and we can do another audit in a future release.

On a related note, see #57726 for updating HelpHub links to use the new /documentation/ URLs.

#48 @SergeyBiryukov
22 months ago

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from accepted to closed
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