Fixing Old "mormondiscussions.com" Links

[Dr Moore]

If you keep links to old posts, you can still use them. Steps to fix old links as follows:

1. Change the URL from mormondiscussions.com to discussmormonism.com.

2. Fix the locator IDs (steps a-d below as needed).

Second Amendment. ?f=1 designates a forum ID. Remove this from the new link.

2b. ?t=696 designates a topic ID. Add 100,000 to the old topic ID to get the new one. t=696 becomes t=100696.

2c. ?p=96969 designates a post ID. Add 1,500,000 to the old post ID to get the new one. p=96969 becomes p=1596969.

2d. #p96969 designates a post to zoom on in a topic thread. Like 2c, add 1,500,000 to the old post ID to get the new one. #p96969 becomes #p1596969.

Happy fixing!

[Dr Moore]

Here’s an example. From the Hall of Fame links.

The Mopologist also Rises, by Bob Bobberson

Old Link (no longer active)
http://www.mormondiscussions.com/viewto ... =1&t=34500

Remove the forum locator (f=1 in this case).
Adjust the topic locator (t=34500 becomes t=134500).
Fix the domain.

New link
http://www.discussmormonism.com/viewtopic.php?t=134500

Voila!!

[Kishkumen]

Beautiful!!!!

[jlamothe]

If anyone would like, I could probably whip up a converter that you can paste an old link into and it'll redirect to the new one.

Being new here, I have no old links myself, so I'll only bother going to the trouble if someone else feels it would be useful.

[Dr Moore]

If anyone would like, I could probably whip up a converter that you can paste an old link into and it'll redirect to the new one.

Being new here, I have no old links myself, so I'll only bother going to the trouble if someone else feels it would be useful.

That would be very welcome and valuable. Quite a number of folks keep links to old threads, so automating an update to those old links would save time and be much appreciated for those with longer collections of now-inaccessible links. Thank you!

[jlamothe]

Cool, I'll do that the next time I have a chance to sit down at a proper computer instead of my phone.

[Dr Moore]

Cool, I'll do that the next time I have a chance to sit down at a proper computer instead of my phone.

Amazing. That may be something worth setting as a sticky on top of all the forums, at least for a while as people return with old links and wonder about how to find those topics or posts.

[ceeboo]

I am sure there will be hundreds of thousands of people that will be thrilled to once again have access the the epic raccoon/whale threads that once dominated discussion on the old board.

[Lem]

Having this whole thread stickied, maybe up under the rules where the old help thread is, would be great.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

You guys are amazing. Wonderful job. The LDS discussions community owes you a huge debt of gratitude.

- Doc