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General => Feature requests => Topic started by: Cornstalks on March 31, 2012, 11:03:42 pm

Title: Fix links to old forum
Post by: Cornstalks on March 31, 2012, 11:03:42 pm

Normally, I've found a lot of stuff on SFML's forums through google. However, since the forum moved, all the links from Google are invalid and result in this page (http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum-redirect.php?t=6184&sid=7aab66f1064a3d055da995b771416551).

Is there any way to make these links to old threads redirect to their current location?

Title: Re: Fix links to old forum
Post by: eXpl0it3r on April 01, 2012, 12:07:27 am

I'm not sure how easy it is to realize.
If one would do so, the right redirection is needed otherwise google will still point to the old locations. It should be a HTTP 301 (permanently moved) redirection so google can understand that he has to index the new links.
In the mean time there's the advanced search http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?action=search;advanced;search= (http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?action=search;advanced;search=) and for google we just have to wait a few days more until the bots have indexed everything.

Title: Re: Fix links to old forum
Post by: Laurent on April 01, 2012, 09:50:28 am

I'm working on this stuff, don't worry ;)

Title: Re: Fix links to old forum
Post by: Bocaj on April 01, 2012, 05:07:17 pm

Quote from: Laurent on April 01, 2012, 09:50:28 am

I'm working on this stuff, don't worry ;)

Thank you... there has been stuff that I have googled, and I click on it, and it takes me to the old forums where it gives a link to the home page of the new forums!