Update configuring-notifications.md to add link for Custom Routing

[shadoath]

Add link to the Custom Routing URL.

Why:

Shorten the path to reaching the page needed.

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[shadoath]

Note: I think there are more needed edits for this page to match the current UI. However I don't understand how the {% data reusables.notifications-v2.manage-notifications %} tags work and wanted to keep my change to a smaller scope for this first pr.

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[nguyenalex836]

@shadoath Thank you for opening a PR! ✨ Just for context, I wanted to share a link to our style guide regarding user interface elements 💛

If you are proposing this update because the UI isn't quite correct, can you elaborate on the changes you think are needed?

[shadoath]

What needs the UI updates are the images and steps to get to the "Notification" settings page as these images and steps are out of date as to the current UI:

What I did here was provide an easy shortcut to the notifications (Although most links like this are to other docs.github.com pages) when it is only text being hyperlinked.

Reading more of the doc there is a link below to that page. I think a better fix would be to move this text:

To the top of the page.

[nguyenalex836]

@shadoath Thank you for providing that context! I'm looping in one of our technical writers @subatoi to assist in reviewing your last comment. We'll provide an update once we determine what next best steps will be 💛

[subatoi]

Hi, I'm afraid we can't accept this contribution— #34903 (comment) already pointed out the style issue with hyperlinks. We don't link to specific parts in the UI from instructional procedures like this. This docs article is designed to be use on a section by section basis and as a reference article, and we already link to the relevant section at the top of the page:

In actual fact, the Dependabot settings section you linked to should link to https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/setting-up-notifications/configuring-notifications#choosing-your-notification-settings rather than using the wording it does.

I'm happy to leave this PR open whilst we figure out what you mean regarding the UI being out of date, but I'm not sure about this because the images seem to match the current experience. Are you able to take screenshots of your own experience so I can see if I'm missing something? Just to let you know: the best resolution may be to direct you to a Discussion or to our Support team, depending on the case.

[shadoath]

Sure here is a screenshot of my profile where I don't see anything that looks like the indicated options as the prior screenshots show: ("In the upper right corner of any page, click {mail icon}")

[subatoi]

Hi @shadoath, if you don't have any notifications set up on https://github.com/settings/notifications to go to GitHub.com, then the icon won't appear for you. If you try flipping one of the toggles (eg "Subscriptions") to "On GitHub", then refresh, it should appear.

Per the article:

To use the notifications inbox on GitHub and GitHub Mobile, you must enable web and mobile notifications in your notification settings. For more information, see "Choosing your notification settings."

[subatoi]

I'm going to go ahead and close this out as there isn't a UI issue. Feel free to check out our issues marked help wanted and thank you for your interest in the GitHub Docs—if you continue to experience issues, you can raise a Discussion or if your plan includes it, you can raise an issue with Support

[shadoath]

Hi @shadoath, if you don't have any notifications set up on github.com/settings/notifications to go to GitHub.com, then the icon won't appear for you. If you try flipping one of the toggles (eg "Subscriptions") to "On GitHub", then refresh, it should appear.

Thank you, that was the missing piece for me.