Hi,
Recently my users have reported links not working in forums of my board: https://rivperformance.editboard.com/
I have confirmed that many informative links, which have been working for years to direct users to different forum posts, are now broken, giving the 404 error page.
The problem seems to be caused by a change in the URL address structure. For example, here's a previously working link that's now broken:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/care-maintenance-f8/faq-new-riviera-buyer-questions-t7290.htm
The current working link has been changed, accessed from this link below:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/t7290-faq-new-riviera-buyer-questions.htm
Note the removal of /care-maintenance-f8/ portion and moving t7290 from the end of the line to the middle.
I understand the shorter link is neater looking, but my board's membership has spent 15 years compiling useful information and organizing a menu of links for easy access. Now none of the links work - I'm talking about literally hundreds of broken links.
Rather than hunt down every broken link posted in my forms and manually editing them, what can be done to fix this problem from a higher level?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Aaron
Recently my users have reported links not working in forums of my board: https://rivperformance.editboard.com/
I have confirmed that many informative links, which have been working for years to direct users to different forum posts, are now broken, giving the 404 error page.
The problem seems to be caused by a change in the URL address structure. For example, here's a previously working link that's now broken:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/care-maintenance-f8/faq-new-riviera-buyer-questions-t7290.htm
The current working link has been changed, accessed from this link below:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/t7290-faq-new-riviera-buyer-questions.htm
Note the removal of /care-maintenance-f8/ portion and moving t7290 from the end of the line to the middle.
I understand the shorter link is neater looking, but my board's membership has spent 15 years compiling useful information and organizing a menu of links for easy access. Now none of the links work - I'm talking about literally hundreds of broken links.
Rather than hunt down every broken link posted in my forms and manually editing them, what can be done to fix this problem from a higher level?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Aaron