Problem following links to old threads on the forum - SOLUTION FOUND

[SimonL]

Hello all,
I wonder if someone can help me with a problem I have trying to follow a link in one thread that leads to another please?
As a for instance, I posted a thread in "DIY..." about making pine resin, and one of the replies I received contained a link to another thread. When I click on the link, I am taken back to the forums page rather than the thread that is being link to.
This seems to be the case with any link I have tried, so I know it is not thread specific - the only obvious difference I can see is that the the link contains an aref to an http address rather than an https address.
I am using a Mac computer, and have the same issue with either Safari or Chrome browsers - I do not have access to a Windows computer to try Internet Explorer or Edge.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Simon

 

[Nice65]

Happens to me too. Robson Valleys link takes me to the homepage, as have a few other thread links recently.

 

[Toddy]

It does it to me too. I found though that if the linked to thread was one that was on the old forum, vBulletin, then I had to actually do a google search to get to it.

Try this one, it's one of my old ones that I searched for recently to do a kind of comparison/follow up now the land over the burn has ninety flats

https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/a-wander-down-the-burn-path.57397/

I'm using a MacBook Pro.

M

 

[SimonL]

It does it to me too. I found though that if the linked to thread was one that was on the old forum, vBulletin, then I had to actually do a google search to get to it.

Try this one, it's one of my old ones that I searched for recently to do a kind of comparison/follow up now the land over the burn has ninety flats

https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/a-wander-down-the-burn-path.57397/

I'm using a MacBook Pro.

M

Hello Toddy,
Many thanks for the explanation and the link you provided (which works just fine)
I'll have to try harder with the "googling"
Cheers
Simon

 

[Toddy]

Hello Toddy,
Many thanks for the explanation and the link you provided (which works just fine)
I'll have to try harder with the "googling"
Cheers
Simon

If you suss out an easier way, let me know ?

 

[Nice65]

Test link using the actual post #.

New knife for the Moot....

 

[Nice65]

Ok, that works. Any post # within a thread can be tagged by clicking on the # and copy/pasting the code just as you would with a thread.

I do know Robson Valley runs his computer off deer droppings and rendered bison juice, so it really ought to be be working tip top.

Like Toddy says, the old V-Bulletin doesn’t play with the new software.

 

[Toddy]

 

[SimonL]

Ahhh, just came across another thread in which Toddy had asked a similar question (the thread was about cloaks etc.) and Stew posted a simple solution which seems to work fine, so just for my reference, and for the benefit of anyone else who stumbles upon this one, I'll paraphrase it here:
For clarity, here's the example Stew posted
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41138&highlight=elves
trying to click this kicks me back to the home page
If I right-click the URL and "copy link" (Mac with Safari), open a new tab/window, paste the link into the address bar, CHANGE the /forum/ TO /community/ THEN hit enter, it takes me to the correct page and also sorts out the rest of the link (below is the resulting URL)
https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/elvenising-my-equipment.41138/
Thanks to Stew for this one
Cheers
Simon

 

[SimonL]

Changed the title of the thread to more accurately reflect the issue/solution

 

[paulds]

Ahhh, just came across another thread in which Toddy had asked a similar question (the thread was about cloaks etc.) and Stew posted a simple solution which seems to work fine, so just for my reference, and for the benefit of anyone else who stumbles upon this one, I'll paraphrase it here:
For clarity, here's the example Stew posted
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41138&highlight=elves
trying to click this kicks me back to the home page
If I right-click the URL and "copy link" (Mac with Safari), open a new tab/window, paste the link into the address bar, CHANGE the /forum/ TO /community/ THEN hit enter, it takes me to the correct page and also sorts out the rest of the link (below is the resulting URL)
https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/elvenising-my-equipment.41138/
Thanks to Stew for this one
Cheers
Simon

In the root directory on the webserver there will be probably be a file called .htaccess. If whoever manages the website adds the following line to it, this will be fixed:

RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ /community/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

For reference: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/redirecting-a-web-folder-directory-to-another-in-htaccess/

If there is no .htaccess file (which would surprise me as it's probably how the webserver redirects http to https) then creating one will require the following lines as well:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

The beauty of using .htaccess is that if you break your site, removing the lines or the file will fix the problem