Links to BFC Threads Not Working The Same As Before

Guyon

Guyon

Biscuit Whisperer
Super Mod
Joined
Mar 15, 2000
Messages
45,835
Lately, I've noticed that links to BFC threads send me to a different URL.

An example is a thread Esav linked recently to a GB&U thread. Here is the URL:

http://216.26.177.84/forums/showthread.php?t=467003

Note that the site name is now numerical, and this site asks that I log-in even though I can view the thread.

I noticed the same thing with a link to a thread posted in Community. It took me to this numerical URL which requested a log-in.

Any info here would be appreciated. Not a big deal since I can view the threads, but the fact that I was no longer logged in (on the linked thread) made me scratch my head.

Is this a result of the search function now generating a different URL?

Why the two different URLs?


.
 
Last edited:
Not sure why our ip address is showing instead of the URL. Will check on it
 
Spark, I think both instances were cases where the poster created some linked text.

Don't know if that makes any difference.

Both examples were in a subforum to which I cannot link here.

I'll PM you the two posts in question.
 
Whenever that happens to me I replace the IP address with www.bladeforums.com and then hit enter and I can see the thread no problem.

I also notice that if I'm logged into www.bladeforums.com sometimes I get linked to threads that are just bladeforums.com with no "www" in front of them and they seem to need logged in there also.

I just stick with the www sub-domain of bladeforums.com
 
The numeric IP addresses are a leftover from before the new "bladeforums.com address" had propagated through the internet after the server change. I suspect that some people bookmarked BFC as such and never bothered changing it afterwards.
 
markksr said:
The numeric IP addresses are a leftover from before the new "bladeforums.com address" had propagated through the internet after the server change. I suspect that some people bookmarked BFC as such and never bothered changing it afterwards.
Click to expand...

Mark I'm not so sure as I had/have already updated my BFC bookmarks and yet I've had a couple/three instances of this same thing happen to me. It wasn't a biggie though as all I did was login again and everything was copacetic. :thumbup: :D
It wasn't all that long ago that it happened but everything has been okay the last week or so IIRC.
 
Yvsa said:
Mark I'm not so sure as I had/have already updated my BFC bookmarks and yet I've had a couple/three instances of this same thing happen to me. It wasn't a biggie though as all I did was login again and everything was copacetic. :thumbup: :D
It wasn't all that long ago that it happened but everything has been okay the last week or so IIRC.
Click to expand...


I think it doesn't depend on your bookmarks, Yvsa, but the bookmarks of the person who posted the link. If they link to a thread (or post) that they are viewing as http://206.154.xxx.xxx/forums... then when you click that link (from the correct bladeforums.com address) you are taken to a mirror site which you may or may not be logged into.
 
I don't know if it applies here, but when I tried to click on this thread from my user cp, I received a broken link notice from Google (I'm using Chrome).
 
markksr said:
I think it doesn't depend on your bookmarks, Yvsa, but the bookmarks of the person who posted the link. If they link to a thread (or post) that they are viewing as http://206.154.xxx.xxx/forums... then when you click that link (from the correct bladeforums.com address) you are taken to a mirror site which you may or may not be logged into.
Click to expand...

Gotcha, I think.....;) :o
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top