City landing pages aren't linked from anywhere

[iandunn]

The Events site automatically creates landing pages for communities based on the year and topic. Those aren't linked to from anywhere, though. Should they be? If so, where? Should they be added to sitemap.xml etc?

For example:

• https://events.wordpress.org/rome/ - List all events in Rome
• https://events.wordpress.org/rome/2023/ - Lists all events in Rome in 2023
• https://events.wordpress.org/rome/training/ - Lists all training events in Rome

Right now only one event is listed, but as there are more events in Rome, they'll be added to that.

Background:

• https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/07/26/proposal-next-generation-event-url/#comment-31202
• https://make.wordpress.org/community/2023/07/26/proposal-next-generation-event-url/#comment-31205
• https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C05JYJJRNKB/p1692138234980709?thread_ts=1691477584.281189&cid=C05JYJJRNKB
• https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C05JYJJRNKB/p1694555515164809

[StevenDufresne]

I don't know if they should be from an SEO standpoint, they do appear to be broken however.

[iandunn]

What looks broken to you?

[StevenDufresne]

Maybe "broken" is an incorrect characterization, incomplete is probably better.

Here is what I see:

The obvious things on this page:

• The search bar is out of place
• The event list has no padding
• If I search in the search bar, my focus is moved down to the list and i can't see what I'm typing
• If I search for something like "nepal" and I know there is an event, I don't find anything (likely because it's only searching the rome events, but that isn't clear).

I think the better experience is that when we load those pages, we load the regular "Upcoming Events" page with the relevant country/date/etc.. filter applied.

[iandunn]

Ah, you're right. I think we built this before we had a design, and before some of the architectural changes, and never circled back to update this.

I think the better experience is that when we load those pages, we load the regular "Upcoming Events" page with the relevant country/date/etc.. filter applied.

That's a great idea 👍🏻