That makes sense Justin.  I'm open to alternative solutions as well -
hopefully whatever we do, it is easy for users to understand.

An example of an alternative solution would be a link listed at the top of
each page with the direct URL to that page.

Art


On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM Justin Bertram <jbert...@apache.org> wrote:

> > Can we update the site to show the URL to which the user navigated?
>
> I would certainly be open to such a change.
>
> Just to be clear, the current design is a bit of a compromise due to the
> nature of the ActiveMQ Artemis. You might not realize this, but the Artemis
> docs are generated from AsciiDoc and uploaded to the website during the
> release process. When these docs were originally integrated into the
> website it was not clear how to make it seamless. Currently they are put
> into a "frame" where logo and menu items which are visible across the rest
> of the website are still present. The idea was to maintain continuity
> between the overall ActiveMQ website and the Artemis docs. However, the
> cost of that continuity is that the URL in the browser's address bar
> doesn't change when navigating the docs.
>
> That said, it is possible to right click on any of the links in the table
> of contents or indeed any sub-headings throughout any of the chapters and
> copy a link directly to that bit of documentation. I've used this many
> times to point users to the specific bit of documentation which is relevant
> to their needs. I've personally worked to ensure the docs are as linkable
> as possible.
>
> AsciiDoc is pretty powerful so we may be able to get the best of both
> worlds (e.g. seamless integration without frame nonsense). I'm open to
> ideas on how to accomplish that.
>
>
> Justin
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM Arthur Naseef <artnas...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I recently used the Artemis documents here:
> > https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation
> >
> > And noticed that, upon navigating to a specific page, the broker still
> > shows this fixed URL.  This is problematic for sharing specific content
> > from the site.
> >
> > Can we update the site to show the URL to which the user navigated?
> >
> > Art
> >
>

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