Bunch of stuff broken

[WarmAndSCSI]

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.

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.

[phizzalot]

Good post Warmandscsi... Expired/Lost links will occur with this change but I believe its just a part of gowning the site and with growth, some things may be lost...

Iam nt sure why the change was made(really dosen't matter to me cause its not my site) but I would like to think that it had to be done for something else they wanted...

[RedGalant2k1]

Cleaned thread, and TJ, I agree we should make sure TGC stays on top of search engines. And fix broken links and keep things up to date. I would if I could.

[WarmAndSCSI]

Thanks Dave... I know Matt listened to my suggestion several days ago, but I don't think anybody who can actually fix stuff around here gives a damn.

[Proto]

TJ let me answer your concerns.

1. I am a web developer with my degree in internet design.
2. The intro was removed and the files were moved accordingly.
2. The .htaccess was already modified before you even posted anything.
3. The garage is a module which can be modified, so a couple of broken links is no big deal.

Now that your concerns are answered, enjoy browsing. Thanks.

[WarmAndSCSI]

Continued from https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=36471

Why would you lock a thread when shit is still broken? Is your ego too inflated to see that there are people outside of your "admin" staff who can actually help you fix stuff? I don't want any credit for shit.

Instead of bumbling along trying to fix stuff, just make it work...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^forum/?(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

That SHOULD work, let me know if it doesn't.

This is broken now: https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=4419

After you add this to your .htaccess, people will get a 301 from https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=4419 to https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=4419 which is the correct link. Same for the /forum/index.php, /forum/garage.php etc.

edit: fixed rewrite rule

[WarmAndSCSI]

I setup a test on my own dev box for you as well:

http://warmandscsi.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18 for example, watch it redirect
http://warmandscsi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4419 same here

[WarmAndSCSI]

Actually the first one doesn't work perfect... you can fix it I guess.

[WarmAndSCSI]

RewriteEngine On
# REWRITE BASE
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^forum//?(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

I just tested this... please use it instead. And why did you lock that other thread? Come on WTF.

[RedGalant2k1]

Threads merged. Reopened. For support and assistance only.

[WarmAndSCSI]

Thank you Dave.

Reggie I think you got that working OK, I'm glad. Just ummm, don't hesitate to ever hit me up if you need anything for TGC. I've never been one to laugh at anybody asking me for help directly. I'd like to help out, no matter what shit went down before.

[VegasMatt]

Cool, TJ thanks for all your help and Dave merging the thread and getting this worked out.

[WarmAndSCSI]

One more thing.

/forum/portal.php - I found an old bookmark to that and I bet Google still has it indexed. I'd add a redirect to / or /index.php from that old URI. Figure somebody else may have noticed it, so I'll mention it here so everybody knows.