fixes the IRC link on home page

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Provides Fix for #2433

Description

The current IRC link of home page doesn't work. details in the Bug shared above.
This PR updates the link, which works, reference taken from the contributing document of main selenium github page.

Motivation and Context

home page links should be working.

Types of changes

• Change to the site (I have double-checked the Netlify deployment, and my changes look good)
• Code example added (and I also added the example to all translated languages)
• Improved translation
• Added new translation (and I also added a notice to each document missing translation)

Checklist

• I have read the contributing document.
• I have used hugo to render the site/docs locally and I am sure it works.

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PR Type

Bug fix

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Description

• Update IRC link to working web.libera.chat URL

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Diagram Walkthrough

flowchart LR
  A["Old IRC Link"] -- "Replace" --> B["New Working IRC Link"]
  B --> C["Home Page Fixed"]

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File Walkthrough

	Relevant files
Bug fix	hugo.toml Update IRC link URL                                                                            website_and_docs/hugo.toml Updated IRC URL from kiwiirc.com to web.libera.chat Fixed broken link in developer links section +1/-1

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes a broken IRC link on the home page by updating the URL from the non-functional kiwiirc.com client to the working web.libera.chat interface.

• Updates the IRC link URL in the developer links section
• Maintains the same IRC channel (#selenium) while switching to a functional web client

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PR Reviewer Guide 🔍

Here are some key observations to aid the review process:

🎫 Ticket compliance analysis 🔶 2433 - Partially compliant Compliant requirements: Fix the broken IRC link on the main Selenium website. Change should be applied where the IRC link is defined in the site configuration/content. Non-compliant requirements: Ensure the updated link allows users to successfully access the IRC channel. Requires further human verification: Manually verify the updated IRC link works in browsers (e.g., Firefox on macOS and others) and properly loads the #selenium channel without errors.

⏱️ Estimated effort to review: 1 🔵⚪⚪⚪⚪

🧪 No relevant tests

🔒 No security concerns identified

⚡ Recommended focus areas for review Link Target Confirm that https://web.libera.chat/#selenium is the correct and preferred URL (vs. alternative client URLs or direct irc:// scheme) and that it consistently joins the #selenium channel. name = "IRC" url = "https://web.libera.chat/#selenium" icon = "fas fa-comments"

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