====== FreePBX documentation URLs ======

If you start looking at the Asterisk configuration files created by FreePBX, located in /etc/asterisk for a default setup, you will see notices such as the following at the top of many of the files:

<code>;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------;
; Do NOT edit this file as it is auto-generated by FreePBX. All modifications to ;
; this file must be done via the web gui. There are alternative files to make    ;
; custom modifications, details at: http://freepbx.org/configuration_files       ;
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------;</code>

That's all very well, and nice of the FreePBX people to tell you there's no point editing the file because it'll get replaced by their version next time you click on **Apply Config** in FreePBX.

However, it would be nice if the URL they provide - http://freepbx.org/configuration_files - actually went to a page which told you something you might want to know, rather than "Oops! That page can’t be found."

And, yes, this is on a fresh installation of FreePBX from the current CD image (I first discovered this in July 2017, and I've confirmed it's still the same with a later version February 2018).

===== Not just URLS... =====

Hm, looking through /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf I find:
<code>; Customizations to this dialplan should be made in extensions_custom.conf
; See extensions_custom.conf.sample for an example.</code>

It's something of a pity that there's no **extensions_custom.conf.sample** file...

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