From 8a259888d014cfff97315e2b57a757d83b5323ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Crane Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 06:54:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Style Guide: make sure links work --- style-guide/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/style-guide/index.md b/style-guide/index.md index f34693ccff..401134b4a5 100644 --- a/style-guide/index.md +++ b/style-guide/index.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- altLangPage: "https://conception.canada.ca/guide-redaction" date: 2017-10-05 -dateModified: 2024-02-14 +dateModified: 2024-03-07 description: "The Canada.ca Content Style Guide provides the rules to create web content that can be easily found, understood and used." title: "Canada.ca Content Style Guide" --- From f75cfb7678cb565f920a68b6707610c7b88d302e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Crane Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 07:07:19 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update index.md --- style-guide/index.md | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/style-guide/index.md b/style-guide/index.md index 401134b4a5..ee53f866de 100644 --- a/style-guide/index.md +++ b/style-guide/index.md @@ -2314,7 +2314,19 @@ title: "Canada.ca Content Style Guide"

7.3 Make sure that links work

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Make sure that your links work. Check that they take people to the correct page, which contains up-to-date information, in the appropriate official language. Links that don't work frustrate people and hurt the credibility of your content.

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Make sure that your links work and point to the correct information. Broken or outdated links are frustrating. They can cause people to lose confidence in your content.

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You should check your links and update them as part of your regular content maintenance schedule:

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  • fix links that are broken (links that point to a 404 message "Page not found", for example)
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  • make sure that link destinations are correct and have relevant, up-to-date information
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    • update your site links so they to point to current links, not to the URLs that are being redirected
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  • verify that links point to the appropriate official language
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See how the rule for verifying links applies in French