Bug#720745: [www.debian.org] Support - On-line Real Time Help Using IRC: Please mention OFTC WebChat

Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <20160402194752.32556.73622.reportbug__25213.3361915641$1459626688$gmane$org@fermi.djpig.de>
Package: www.debian.org
Followup-For: Bug #720745

Please find a proposed patch attached.

Feedback welcome.

Regards,
  Frank

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
720745.patch (text/x-diff, 1.3 KB)
Index: support.wml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/support.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -r1.72 support.wml
--- support.wml	30 Apr 2014 07:41:18 -0000	1.72
+++ support.wml	2 Apr 2016 19:45:21 -0000
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 <p><a href="http://www.irchelp.org/">IRC (Internet Relay Chat)</a> is a way
 to chat with people from all over the world in real time.
 IRC channels dedicated to Debian can be found on
-<a href="http://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a>.</p>
+<a href="https://www.oftc.net/">OFTC</a>.</p>
 
 <p>To connect, you need an IRC client. Some of the most popular clients are
 <a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/net/xchat">XChat</a>,
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@
 <a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/net/epic5">epic5</a> and
 <a href="https://packages.debian.org/stable/net/kvirc">KVIrc</a>,
 all of which have been packaged for
-Debian. Once you have the client installed, you need to tell it to connect
+Debian. OFTC also offers a <a href="https://www.oftc.net/WebChat/">WebChat</a>
+web interface which allows you to connect to IRC with a browser without
+the need to install any local client.</p>
+
+<p>Once you have the client installed, you need to tell it to connect
 to the server. In most clients, you can do that by typing:</p>
 
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