Re: Can we have *lastest* directory for boost documentation?

"Paul A. Bristow via Boost-docs" <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:28:57 +0100
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From: Boost-docs [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf =
Of Rene Rivera via Boost-docs
Sent: 21 April 2018 16:48
To: Discussion of Boost Documentation
Cc: Rene Rivera
Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] Can we have *lastest* directory for boost =
documentation?

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On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 10:04 AM Zongren Zhang via Boost-docs =
<[email protected]> wrote:

I am glad that boost.org shows a friendly popup message when I am =
reading an older version of documentaiton.=20

>  This is the documentation for an old version of Boost. Click here to =
view this page for the latest version.


Most of the time I visit boost.org website directed by search engines, =
and none of them will give me the latest version. Sometimes I noticed =
the popup message, but if I didn't, I was confused for a long time.

Why don't we create a symbolic named *lastest* to the directory =
corresponding to latest version? For example,

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html

can be reached by,

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html

I think this will produce better search egine results in the long run.

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There's already a  =
<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html> =
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio.html link, =
that redirects to the latest release.

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and also the similar and sometimes useful

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   http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/doc/html/boost_asio.html=20

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=E2=80=9CThis is the documentation for a snapshot of the develop branch, =
built from commit d2464347d3 =
<https://github.com/boostorg/boost/commit/d2464347d3d0d3e786d08aecf74a3e9=
3e7523f99> .=E2=80=9D

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which tells you about work-in-progress.

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But neither is still not put top of the list by the search engines L

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Has anyone any ideas on how to encourage search engines to do that?

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Paul

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Paul A. Bristow

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Boost-docs =
[mailto:[email protected]] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rene =
Rivera via Boost-docs<br><b>Sent:</b> 21 April 2018 16:48<br><b>To:</b> =
Discussion of Boost Documentation<br><b>Cc:</b> Rene =
Rivera<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Boost-docs] Can we have *lastest* =
directory for boost documentation?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 10:04 AM Zongren Zhang via =
Boost-docs &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I am glad that&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://boost.org" target=3D"_blank">boost.org</a> shows a =
friendly popup message when I am reading an older version of =
documentaiton. <br><br>&gt;&nbsp; This is the documentation for an old =
version of Boost. Click here to view this page for the latest =
version.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Most of the time I visit&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://boost.org" target=3D"_blank">boost.org</a> website =
directed by search engines, and none of them will give me the latest =
version. Sometimes I noticed the popup message, but if I didn't, I was =
confused for a long time.<br><br>Why don't we create a symbolic named =
*lastest* to the directory corresponding to latest version? For =
example,<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asio.html" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_66_0/doc/html/boost_asi=
o.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>can be reached by,<br><br><a =
href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asi=
o.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I think this =
will produce better search egine results in the long =
run.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>There's already a&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/doc/html/boost_asio.html"><s=
pan =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/=
release/doc/html/boost_asio.html</span></a>&nbsp;link, that redirects to =
the latest release.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and also the =
similar and sometimes useful<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=C2=A0=C2=A0 =
</span><span style=3D'font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a =
href=3D"http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/doc/html/boost_asio.html">h=
ttp://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/doc/html/boost_asio.html</a></span>&=
nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dboost-common-header-inner>=E2=80=9CThis =
is the documentation for a snapshot of the develop branch, built from =
commit <a =
href=3D"https://github.com/boostorg/boost/commit/d2464347d3d0d3e786d08aec=
f74a3e93e7523f99">d2464347d3</a>.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
class=3Dboost-common-header-inner><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dboost-common-header-inner>which tells =
you about work-in-progress.</span><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But neither =
is still not put top of the list by the search engines </span><span =
style=3D'font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Has anyone =
any ideas on how to encourage search engines to do =
that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p=
></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Paul A. Bristow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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D'>Prizet Farmhouse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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