finding thread from old forum link

Bobb Fwed

If I had the old forum URL: http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=005&m=403348#m403808
Is there an easy way to find this post/thread on the new forum?

Jim Ewald

I'm not sure how easy this is, but I was able to search this site by the thread title and the thread appeared as the first item in the search results,

Bobb Fwed

I don't have the title or anything, all I have is the URL.

Jim Ewald

Bobb Fwed wrote: »

I don't have the title or anything, all I have is the URL.

So I guess this throws "easy" out the window. I changed the URL to point to the old forums web site at forums.parallaxinc.com.

Original URL:
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=005&m=403348#m403808

New URL:
http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=005&m=403348#m403808

Copy and paste the old URL to a browser. From the browser, copy the thread title, open the new forums in a new browser tab and paste the thread title into the search field on the new forums. Search and read...

I see your point....

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

See my post here: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=943996#post943996

-Phil

Bobb Fwed

Thanks guys, no easy way, but Phil's script makes it a little better.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Bobb Fwed wrote: »

Thanks guys, no easy way, but Phil's script makes it a little better.

Bobb,

I guess I'm missing something. How could the converter be any easier?

-Phil

Bobb Fwed

It's easier than doing the conversion manually....but not much better. I still have to the the whole search for the title thing.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Why do you have to search for the title? The converter gives you the URL of the same post in the new forum. When I converted the one you cited in your first post, it returned:

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=858570

-Phil

Bobb Fwed

<--RETARD
lol, yeah I clicked on the "old URL" link...somehow missed the New forum link altogether.

No, not really, it couldn't be any easier than that.
Thanks again (but more so this time).