From d567d8efbeb78527c6481aa66dc61ab57312b264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Hoffman Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:33:02 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] added note to docs/topics/firebug.rst about google directory being shut down --- docs/contributing.rst | 2 ++ docs/topics/firebug.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index a852bd777..4a75de674 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _topics-contributing: + ====================== Contributing to Scrapy ====================== diff --git a/docs/topics/firebug.rst b/docs/topics/firebug.rst index 065304280..98d6da3a2 100644 --- a/docs/topics/firebug.rst +++ b/docs/topics/firebug.rst @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Using Firebug for scraping ========================== +.. note:: Google Directory, the example website used in this guide is no longer + available as it `has been shut down by Google`_. The concepts in this guide + are still valid though. If you want to update this guide to use a new + (working) site, your contribution will be more than welcome!. See + :ref:`topics-contributing` for information on how to do so. + Introduction ============ @@ -159,3 +165,5 @@ elements. or tags which Therefer in page HTML sources may on Firebug inspects the live DOM + +.. _has been shut down by Google: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2096661/Google-Directory-Has-Been-Shut-Down