Forum URL Converter

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Here's an online tool you can use to convert post addresses from the old forum to those in the new forum:

http://www.phipi.com/forum/convert.html

It works with posts and emoticons, but not with attachments or links to user profiles.

-Phil

Humanoido

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Here's an online tool you can use to convert post addresses from the old forum to those in the new forum:

http://www.phipi.com/forum/convert.html

It works with posts and emoticons, but not with attachments or links to user profiles.

-Phil

Please make this a sticky.

hover1

Phil,

Got a couple that will not convert.

http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=5&p=32&x=100&ord=ld

and

http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=5&p=13&ord=v

Edit: This was from a Google search and the address looks to be truncated, so it may not be a Parallax problem.

Jim

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Here's an online tool you can use to convert post addresses from the old forum to those in the new forum:

http://www.phipi.com/forum/convert.html

It works with posts and emoticons, but not with attachments or links to user profiles.

-Phil

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

Those don't work because there's no message ID (e.g. m=12345). So there's no post to cross-reference.

-Phil

hover1

Thanks Phil,

I was sure they were a little short, (with no ID). Not sure why Google did that, or was it the migration? I'm just worried people doing a Google search will not be able to reach the threads.

Now that the new search function is working quite well, it may not be too much of a problem.

Jim

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »

Those don't work because there's no message ID (e.g. m=12345). So there's no post to cross-reference.

-Phil

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

When Google spiders and enumerates pages in a forum, some of the addresses it finds are just forum and page number -- you know, those pages that just list thread titles in the forum with links to click on, like one that you referenced (converted to parallaxinc.com):

http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/default.aspx?f=5&p=32&x=100&ord=ld

Unfortunately for searches, the contents of such a page change by the hour. In such cases, it's always better to view Google's cached copy rather than going to a hopelessly outdated URL.

-Phil

Humanoido

I had some urls that did not convert. Then I realized the number at the end was duplicated in some way. I removed the duplication and it converted. This converter really works great! But you didn't reply to the key point. Can you make it a sticky?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

This thread has been a sticky for a few days now.

-Phil

Jim Ewald

I made this thread sticky hours after the request was made.

Humanoido

Thank you for making this a sticky!