The provided link to the full list of contributed modules by title only:

http://drupal.org/project/modules/index

is now producing "Access denied" errors. The link appears in multiple places on d.o. I get the error whether I'm logged into the site or not.

The full list by title is greatly missed.

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killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented

Yeah, I had disabled that after sdboyer pointed out to me that "people" had discussed to disable it.

I had totally forgotten it was there in the first place...

It takes a whole bunch of rendering time both on the server and the browser so I wonder how useful it is at all.

I can re-enable it for authenticated users if I must.

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented

The list is still available for git admins btw.

michaellander’s picture

michaellander commented

I use this list every few days, if not daily. I know many others who use it quite a bit as well. Anyone know where a list like this might exist elsewhere? Perhaps i'll make one myself if we can't get it back.

Just a note, a link to that page is listed in the first paragraph here:
http://drupal.org/project/modules

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jerry commented

That page is also linked here:

http://drupal.org/download

I would very much like to have it available for authenticated users, yes. When you say that it's still available for git admins, I'm not sure what you mean. I have git authorization, but authenticated or not, I'm denied access to that page via the stated link. Is it available some other way?

I, too, frequently use that page to track down modules. The exposed filters provided are useful, but the (usually) multi-page results make quick scanning difficult. and it's often more efficient to repeatedly search the full title list for alternative terms using the browser's page search feature.

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dddave commented
Priority: Normal » Major

Closed #1243288: "Full list of modules, by title only" is 403 as a dupe.

Activating for authenticated users might be nice for them but we are aware that atm normal user see this pretty prominent link which they cannot use, are we? I don't think we should present them such a displeasing wtf. So either we make this link usable (for everybody) or we get rid of it completely.

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c4rl commented

I don't think we should present them such a displeasing wtf. So either we make this link usable (for everybody) or we get rid of it completely.

Yes, huge +1. It is a terrible UX for a newcomer to come looking for a module and get a 403.

This issue isn't about whether the page is useful or not, or whether the page should be enabled or not for users, this issue is about having a prominent 403 link.

I cannot understand why Killes elected to disable access but *not* remove the link. Will someone please remove the link?

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented

Changing the access permissions for the view is easier than removing the link which is hardcoded somewhere...

I have discussed this with Neil and we agreed to have a paged list for all users and a long list for authenticated users.

This requires some testing so anybody who wants that link back is welcome to experiment on a dev site.

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lisarex commented

The link is actually part of http://drupal.org/admin/content/taxonomy/edit/term/14?destination=admin%...

I have removed this line: Here is a full list of modules, by title only, for now.

http://drupal.org/download is a tpl in the drupalorg module

c4rl’s picture

c4rl commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks, @lisarex.

Now that the link is gone, I consider this issue to be fixed since this issue pertains not to whether http://drupal.org/project/modules/index is useful or not, but rather the broken link.

If anyone wishes to discuss the former, it should be a separate issue.

c4rl’s picture

c4rl commented
Status: Fixed » Needs work

Actually, I should file a patch for the download page.

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c4rl commented
Status: Needs work » Needs review
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Here's a patch to fix the link present on http://drupal.org/download

michaellander’s picture

michaellander commented

Started discussion here: #1247730: Re-enable http://drupal.org/project/modules/index

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tvn commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

The page is working right now.