Linking to threads with old URLs - BMW Forum

drz · 02-22-2006, 05:21 PM

When using a URL with the format we had when we were bmw-forums, one is redirected to the forums front page.

For instance, the following link is no good anymore:
http://www.bmw-forums.com/forum/inde...howtopic=28299

I am sure you are aware of this, but I believe something should be done to fix this. I often find links to bmw-forums from search engines, but they are pretty much no good if they do not direct the browser to the page that actually contains the information of interest.

Noodles · 02-22-2006, 06:08 PM

Unfortunately when we upgraded the forum in Sept it changed the ID's of the old threads and the page that threads were displayed with. (uses showthread.php now instead of index.php?showtopic)

I have looked into linking up the old thread id's with new ones, but haven't had the time to do it properly. I will have another look soon (will be offline for a month)

drz · 02-24-2006, 02:39 PM

I think the development time is worth the trouble. I am sure we aremissing out on many new members and or guests because they are not linked to what they want. WIth what I know about scripting, etc., I know enoughto know that it is not impossible. I think fixing this will be beneficial. I understand you have other stuff to work on, so I will not bug you about this for the next two months or so.

Thanks for all your work.