Attempting to switch from one version to another when navigating
<old_version>/applications/hr/employees.html led to the user being
redirected to /applications/documentation/<new_version>/hr/employees.html
because `hr` was interpreted as a version string, and thus the generated
target URLs of the version switcher were all wrong.
This commit ensures the redirection now falls back onto the original
target URL when all the generated ones point to a 404.
closesodoo/documentation#5059
X-original-commit: c81a91db9c
Signed-off-by: Antoine Vandevenne (anv) <anv@odoo.com>
urlBase was only containing the domain name, not the /documentation/
closesodoo/documentation#2062
Signed-off-by: Antoine Vandevenne (anv) <anv@odoo.com>
When a user clicks on the link of an alternate page in the version or
language switcher, we now check if the page referenced by the target URL
exists or not. If not, we generate a series of fallback URLs from the
target URL and check whether the targeted resource exists or not, until
we read the root of the documentation. As soon as we find a valid URL,
we redirect the user to it.
This is inspired by the behaviour of docs.python.org's version and
language switchers.
task-2534669
closesodoo/documentation#2052
X-original-commit: 25e863a64c
Signed-off-by: Antoine Vandevenne (anv) <anv@odoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Trigaux (mat) <mat@odoo.com>
Co-authored-by: Antoine Vandevenne (anv) <anv@odoo.com>
Prior to this commit, the Odoo documentation was mainly split between
two repositories: odoo/odoo/doc and odoo/documentation-user. Some bits
of documentation were also hosted elsewhere (e.g., wiki, upgrade, ...).
This was causing several problems among which:
- The theme, config, Makefile, and similar technical resources had to
be duplicated. This resulted in inconsistent layout, features, and
build environments from one documentation to another.
- Some pages did not fit either documentation as they were relevant
for both users and developers. Some were relevant to neither of the
two (e.g., DB management).
- Cross-doc references had to be absolute links and they broke often.
- Merging large image files in the developer documentation would bloat
the odoo/odoo repository. Some contributions had to be lightened to
avoid merging too many images (e.g., Odoo development tutorials).
- Long-time contributors to the user documentation were chilly about
going through the merging process of the developer documentation
because of the runbot, mergebot, `odoo-dev` repository, etc.
- Some contributors would look for the developer documentation in the
`odoo/documentation-user` repository.
- Community issues about the user documentation were submitted on the
`odoo/odoo` repository and vice-versa.
Merging all documentations in one repository will allow us to have one
place, one theme, one work process, and one set of tools (build
environment, ...) for all of the Odoo docs.
As this is a good opportunity to revamp the layout of the documentation,
a brand new theme replaces the old one. It features a new way to
navigate the documentation, centered on the idea of always letting the
reader know what is the context (enclosing section, child pages, page
structure ...) of the page they are reading. The previous theme would
quickly confuse readers as they navigated the documentation and followed
cross-application links.
The chance is also taken to get rid of all the technical dangling parts,
performance issues, and left-overs. Except for some page-specific JS
scripts, the Odoo theme Sphinx extension is re-written from scratch
based on the latest Sphinx release to benefit from the improvements and
ease future contributions.
task-2351938
task-2352371
task-2205684
task-2352544
Closes#945
