I saved some AO links in my favorites such as a tutorial "how to subnet" etc... now since the move to the "new" forum when I click on those links they point to totally different pages... nothing about subnetting etc... whats going on?
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I saved some AO links in my favorites such as a tutorial "how to subnet" etc... now since the move to the "new" forum when I click on those links they point to totally different pages... nothing about subnetting etc... whats going on?
Hi there Tyler,
Happy All Saints Day :)
The new version of the database is rather different, so the old links don't work anymore........... if it hadn't been butchered by JP and his gang we would have been OK...................
I would like to thank JPnyc, mnstrgrl and intmon for the enormous effort put into sorting this.............. were it myself, I would have wiped the lot:eek:
Well I guess that answers my question. Thanks Johnno and all the Admins and various higher-ups :)
That is perfectly fine. However it is critical that the links that show up as a result of a search function properly. Some(not all) links that are brought up as a search result aren't working(at least not as of yesterday)Quote:
The new version of the database is rather different, so the old links don't work anymore
When( as in GMT time) was the search feature repaired?
What did you search on ?
Actually it was the tutorial index by Negative
I think that falls into nihil's prior suggestion. Someone will have to redo it.
Have you tried http://www.antionline.com/faq/, rather than http://www.antionline.com/faq.php? The first is the default FAQ system provided by vB, the other is a separate FAQ system we installed some time ago. It might just be that we need to replace some links in the navigation so they all point to the correct locations.
- h
Hello,
The problem seems to be with the links to the tutorials rather than the FAQ?
If you find the name of the tutorial and run it through the site search facility, you will find the new location/reference.
:)
Oops, misread. Yes, all IDs for threads and posts have changed, so bookmarks will be wrong. You'll have to use site search to find them and re-bookmark.
Would it not be easier for someone to redo the links in the index itself?
Sure I could search the current index and then do a site search.
It would have to be repeated by everyone who wanted to use the index. :(
Well Larry,
I looked at the front page and found that we have nearly a million posts............ for a dollar a shot I would do it:D
Seriously though, I think that we have about 600-700 tutorials that need re-referencing.
Now, contrary to most beliefs, us moderators are NOT hired hands, like we do not get paid anything................. and you are looking at a fair bit of leisure time there, so it would have to be at our convenience?
Also, we have been looking at getting the rest of the site (the more basics) working first.............trust me mate, it is a pig trying to update a RDB that has been let slip for so long and messed around with as well:(
hmmmmm.
I guess that clears it up. My bad. I thought the Mods were paid.
However, my focus is on the tutorial index. That is the real meat and potatoes of the site. Neg put alot of work into doing it once. It wouldn't be fair to ask again(much less DEMAND it). I know some html and I know how to do a search( even some advanced boolean stuff) So I could volunteer to do a part. Maybe someone else could do another part..so on. Then we could reconstruct the whole thing. I have noticed a real slip in the number of users that access the site. I don't think it is a perm issue though. The site is now in transition. New users will come and old ones will eventually return.
The INFO is the crux of the bisquit( hehe not the apostrophe)
I am used to the new interface now as everyone will eventually be.
Broken links....well that's tough to deal with.
We ALL need to pitch in to redo the standard ones.( like Neg's old index for example).
Anyway give a small slice and I will do my part.
I work full time and am studying for a MCSE(all on my own) but I can manage a small sacrifice.
This doesn't need to be the pig at Farmer brown's birthday breakfast. You know where the chicken and Cow got together and said. " I am Ms cow and I will supply the butter and milk. You ms chicken can supply the eggs.
and YOU Ms piggy YOU SUPPLY THE BACON!
.Hmmm I don't know if that came out right but all I am saying is that no one should have to make a TOTAL sacrifice.
er....I can give a few eggs but MY bacon is MINE!(and my future wife's) :)