Old Threads?

[Orezar]

Hello,

I really used Google and the Search Function but I don't found some Threads of the old Forum...
Laurent, is it possible to redirect directly to the new forum + the Topic?

The Links on google are cause of the new forum like dead, all redirect to this site:
http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum-redirect.php
I only want to say this!

Lg Orezar

[Laurent]

I know, and someone already sent me a corrected version of forum-redirect.php, I just didn't have the time to test and copy it yet

[Orezar]

Mhhh... ok, I understand you, I can wait... But the question is, can the other people wait?
I think its problematic, cause if someone learn to use SFML and has some question, google first
and don't found an working reference, he would make a new Thread or is directly frustrated and
rage quit his life...

I don't mean it bad! It's only my opinion.
And I understand that you have not much free time...

[Laurent]

It's done

[Orezar]

I would not bother you, but what is done?
It doesn't redirect me directly to the old thread in the new Forum...

I'm using Firefox, but I try it in the IE and in Opera too, it seems
like, that it don't works...

As Example this: Link

Don't redirict me or gives me the Link to the new Forum + the Thread...
Yeah, I Stfu!

[Laurent]

It redirects links that contain a thread number (t=xxx), not those that have a post number (p=xxx) -- I don't know how to translate them to the new forum URLs.

Fortunately, all the links that Google finds seem to contain a thread number.

However you're right, in the case of links with post number, I can modify the provided link so that it points to the right page of the old-forum, instead of the index page. In fact that's what I've done for the french forum

[Orezar]

Only a few contains a thread number, many more of the search results on google contains only a post number...

I don't know how to translate them to the new forum URLs.

Can I help u my friend?

Its easy, we take the Example URL from before:

http://www.sfml-dev.org/forum-redirect.php?p=47498&sid=ed77845a91be257f561fb40f00eaa6b3

U see, we have one variable for the post Number and one sid that tell us maybe the thread ID of the
old forum, what we need is only the Post number. We get the Post number from the URL and insert
it in a Rediriction to a Link that looks like this:

http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?msg=p;

p contains the ID from the Post, in our Example is p = 47498
Then the Link, looks like that:

http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?msg=47498;

And the rest makes the Forum Software, it searchs the Thread with the
Message ID 47498 and Show exactly the Place of the Post/Message that u searched for,
on your/our Browser...

If u want I can implement it in your Script... 

With this you can point a Link to the right page on the New Forum, of course, on the french forum too... 

[Laurent]

Only a few contains a thread number, many more of the search results on google contains only a post number...

I could only get thread numbers when I tested it, and naively thought it would be ok

I didn't know that 'p' could directly map to 'msg' (ok, I didn't really search anyway). Thanks for your help!

[Orezar]

No Problem! I am pleased that I could help!

[Laurent]

Now everything should be ok.

[Orezar]

Works perfect! Good Job!