WarmAndSCSI
05-03-2009, 02:39 PM
I can see really nobody listens on TGC as was before... you're essentially getting the advice of an expert, professional web developer who does work that gets exposure to millions, for free, yet you probably won't take it anyway. Oh well.
First of all, I'm just going to copy my post from Random Thoughts because TGC's Google PageRank is literally going to drop into the toilet as soon as they re-index. Any external links to threads on here become worthless and whatever threads are indexed on Google will lead inquiring future members to 404 pages...
You guys just completely fucked all of your search engine rankings without having a redirect from /forum/* to /* ... just thought you'd like to know. I'd add in a recursive 301 in your .htaccess before TGC falls off the face of the planet...
Furthermore, I'll write you the two-liner entry for your .htaccess file to fix this. All you have to do is ask.
Secondly, all of the sidebar links on the Garage (https://www.thegalantcenter.org/garage.php) are broken now.
I dunno why you guys actually MOVED the forum directory rather than letting your .htaccess file do the work for you. This is rudimentary shit, come on. :120:
I've already expressed my concern to Matt... I know he listens and I hope he keeps any of you from fucking up this site more. This advice is free, and I'm glad to help out but somehow I don't think you'll be willing to take it. I'm actually being nice... if you actually worked a job in development and made these kinds of mistakes, you'd get fired. No questions asked. These are amateur mistakes and it's kind of sad that a semi-large site is run by amateurs, no offense to Matt or BGR who I know stay out of the technical aspects of TGC...
Anyway, this is the only way to get anybody here to listen since the friendly suggestions via PM never get heard. They never did before, either.
First of all, I'm just going to copy my post from Random Thoughts because TGC's Google PageRank is literally going to drop into the toilet as soon as they re-index. Any external links to threads on here become worthless and whatever threads are indexed on Google will lead inquiring future members to 404 pages...
You guys just completely fucked all of your search engine rankings without having a redirect from /forum/* to /* ... just thought you'd like to know. I'd add in a recursive 301 in your .htaccess before TGC falls off the face of the planet...
Furthermore, I'll write you the two-liner entry for your .htaccess file to fix this. All you have to do is ask.
Secondly, all of the sidebar links on the Garage (https://www.thegalantcenter.org/garage.php) are broken now.
I dunno why you guys actually MOVED the forum directory rather than letting your .htaccess file do the work for you. This is rudimentary shit, come on. :120:
I've already expressed my concern to Matt... I know he listens and I hope he keeps any of you from fucking up this site more. This advice is free, and I'm glad to help out but somehow I don't think you'll be willing to take it. I'm actually being nice... if you actually worked a job in development and made these kinds of mistakes, you'd get fired. No questions asked. These are amateur mistakes and it's kind of sad that a semi-large site is run by amateurs, no offense to Matt or BGR who I know stay out of the technical aspects of TGC...
Anyway, this is the only way to get anybody here to listen since the friendly suggestions via PM never get heard. They never did before, either.