Create 404 page

[niccokunzmann]

Website-link: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=interaktives+tutorial+regul%C3%A4re+ausdr%C3%BCcke&t=ffab&ia=software
and https://coderdojopotsdam.github.io/regex-tutorial/steps/00-01-einfuehrung.html

Expected Behavior

I would like to see the something useful when I get to pages which moved.

Actual Behavior

I only see the Github 404 page.

Actions to Reproduce

Click the link https://coderdojopotsdam.github.io/regex-tutorial/steps/00-01-einfuehrung.html
Please let me know if you like to work on this.

Solution Description

Jekyll supports 404 pages. The 404 page should contain a useful description for the tutorial

Hints

The 404 page could redirect to the language overview page

[joshhazelhurst123]

Hi, I would like to a look at this one. I am a little confused however. This link works https://coderdojopotsdam.github.io/regex-tutorial/en/00-01.html
I had to modify what you originally have.
https://coderdojopotsdam.github.io/regex-tutorial/steps/00-01-einfuehrung.html
Is there something I am missing here? Seems like it works fine.

[niccokunzmann]

The problem I see is that the tutorial files get renamed from time to time and older links do not work any more. Normal users can not handle a situation with a 404 page like this:

So, the 404 page should give some guidance to those who can not manipulate the urls.

The 404 page contains

• at least
  • a link or a redirect to the tutorial start page
• maybe
  • an explanation that the file was renamed and you can find it in the tutorial
  • a link to the github search for the file if you really must look at exactly this file

That were my thoughts. What do you think?

[joshhazelhurst123]

I understand now that by putting a 404.html file into the root directory Jekyll will handle the file, with the tags below in the 404.html (first-timers-only here).
1 ---
2 layout: page
3 permalink: /404.html
4 ---
A redirect link to the tutorial start page is a good idea.
I think what you have added into the maybe description is a good idea also. I'm not sure how you want to format this page, if you want something amazing. I was thinking something pretty simple.

[niccokunzmann]

Sure, you can style it very simply. Very simple, unstyled HTML is an improvement. Besides, this site will be looked at seldomly.

[niccokunzmann]

#87 closes this. Thanks @joshhazelhurst123