Will you be able to fix the broken links to "Pre-Breach" Enworld posts?

[Cleon]

I've noticed that all the links in the Creature Catalog forum's Creatures Awaiting Upload list are now broken since Enworld's resurrection, since our sparkly new forums use different URLs than our old posts and threads employed.

I'm wondering whether that's going to be a permanent state of affairs or something Our Noble Techies are planning to correct when they have time.

 

[Umbran]

That's not yet known. There isn't necessarily a simple translation from one to the other - our kindly admins are looking into it to see if they can make that happen.

 

[Scott DeWar]

And on a similar note, will the secure dice roller carry over? if so is there an estimate when? if no estimate, the I will be happy whenever it gets here!

 

[Morrus]

OK, it seems I wasn't clear! No, nothing is still here other than the forums and a rudimentary news page. Anything we want back we have to get recoded. Unfortunately, this will take months/years and thousands of £s (it took us a decade to build it all up in the first place). We'll work our way through it as fast as we can - and can afford - but please don't be disappointed when the timescale is months/years rather than days. And yes, we recognise the long-term damage that means. We got done over good!

 

[Scott DeWar]

So, Months/years then

This is a really bad time to be jobless and unemployable. This really stinks.

 

[Morrus]

Some things will take longer than others. We just can't tell yet. We're asking for prices and timescales for everything so that we can then try to formulate a rough plan - but bear in mind we really weren't prepared for this.

 

[Cleon]

That's not yet known. There isn't necessarily a simple translation from one to the other - our kindly admins are looking into it to see if they can make that happen.

Thanks, I was afraid that would be the case after noticing there were more differences between the old and new addresses than a "showthread.php".

Fortunately, it doesn't matter very much for hyperlinks to monsters conversions we've already uploaded to the Creature Catalog because the CC uses php, so its addresses haven't been changed by The Great Crash.

 

[Cleon]

Thanks, I was afraid that would be the case after noticing there were more differences between the old and new addresses than a "showthread.php".

Fortunately, it doesn't matter very much for hyperlinks to monsters conversions we've already uploaded to the Creature Catalog because the CC uses php, so its addresses haven't been changed by The Great Crash.

Okay, many of the hyperlinks in question refer to a particular post in a thread, which means a simple but effective fix is substituting POST for URL.

For example, the first entry in the Creatures Awaiting Upload & Current Conversions thread is Amber Lotus, which has URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/5460288-post125.html and /URL defining the link, which is now broken.

Using the same post# and substituting POST=5460288 and /POST for the URL="address" and /URL and it links to the appropriate place on the new forums.

Old Forum: Amber Lotus (Broken, gives "this page isn't redirecting properly" error)
New Forum: Amber Lotus (Works!)

 

[Cleon]

Okay, many of the hyperlinks in question refer to a particular post in a thread, which means a simple but effective fix is substituting POST for URL.

For example, the first entry in the Creatures Awaiting Upload & Current Conversions thread is Amber Lotus, which has URL=http://www.enworld.org/forum/5460288-post125.html and /URL defining the link, which is now broken.

Using the same post# and substituting POST=5460288 and /POST for the URL ="address" and /URL and it links to the appropriate place on the new forums.

Old Forum: Amber Lotus (Broken, gives "this page isn't redirecting properly" error)
New Forum: Amber Lotus (Works!)

I did a couple of find-and-replaces on my Creatures Awaiting Upload & Current Conversions post and the links now work properly, so it looks like it might solve many of the broken links.

 

[Scott DeWar]

something I have discovered is all of the characters of the games I am in are expectedly unavalable, however I noticed the older games are not recovered yet and, well, I kinda need to see the character sheets. I am sure I am not alone in this. uh, suggestions?