Missing / Changed / URLs / Links

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys - I've received a number of emails from people asking if certain forums, threads, or articles have been removed. The new site  just shows an error message when they click on a bookmark or link to CA on another site.

If you run into this issue, please post the link in this thread and I will fix it so the old link redirects appropriately to the new address.

 

 

P.S. Yes, I know the "best" way to do this is to redirect all URLs, but I can't find anyone with the skills and time to create the rules, given how the URLs were formatted on the old site etc...

[slingshot]

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/soul-music-sms-200-unveiled-munich-hi-end-28284/index17.html

 

Chris, there are thousands of links so I am not sure how you will do them all individually. There are six or seven others threads that came up on Google that I tried to link to yesterday. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 minutes ago, slingshot said:

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/soul-music-sms-200-unveiled-munich-hi-end-28284/index17.html

 

Chris, there are thousands of links so I am not sure how you will do them all individually. There are six or seven others threads that came up on Google that I tried to link to yesterday. 

 

Yes, there are about 90,000 important links. I'm taking on the most accessed and linked-to pages / threads. Unfortunately the one you provided above has an issue that isn't allowing me to redirect it automatically. 

 

Here's a link to get you to that page - 

 

[sphinxsix]

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-youve-ever-heard-30119/

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-over-$600-000-youve-ever-heard-30958-post616945/

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-under-$2-500-youve-ever-heard-30686/index4.html

OMG..you gotta be the hardest working man on Earth these days. Hope the site upgrade process will finish soon.

Ps. I will fight the black bars till the day I die anyway

[JediJoker]

New posts!  Old link: https://www.computeraudiophile.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post

 

This is how I digest my forums.  Please tell me this feature is not gone.

[Booster MPS]

@The Computer AudiophileI was going to sweep this under the rug when I found one last night, but I do think that this thread holds a lot of value and is worth saving:  

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/izotope-sample-rate-convertor-15352/index19.html

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-youve-ever-heard-30119/

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-over-$600-000-youve-ever-heard-30958-post616945/

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-under-$2-500-youve-ever-heard-30686/index4.html

OMG..you gotta be the hardest working man on Earth these days. Hope the site upgrade process will finish soon.

Ps. I will fight the black bars till the day I die anyway

 

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/what-are-best-sounding-speakers-youve-ever-heard-30119/

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/30230-what-are-the-best-sounding-speakers-over-600000-that-youve-ever-heard/

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/29961-what-are-the-best-sounding-speakers-under-2500-that-youve-ever-heard/

 

Here are three links that will get you there. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

6 minutes ago, Booster MPS said:

@The Computer AudiophileI was going to sweep this under the rug when I found one last night, but I do think that this thread holds a lot of value and is worth saving:  

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/izotope-sample-rate-convertor-15352/index19.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/15051-izotope-src/?page=19

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

49 minutes ago, JediJoker said:

New posts!  Old link: https://www.computeraudiophile.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post

 

This is how I digest my forums.  Please tell me this feature is not gone.

 

This thread is design for people looking for these views that appear to be gone but they really aren't. They are called Activity Streams now and can be created custom for each user and can be set as default when clicking Activity up top etc... 

 

https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/31220-new-forum-custom-activity-streams-views/

 

 

Also, I believe this is the view you want - https://www.computeraudiophile.com/discover/unread/?&

 

 

[Booster MPS]

Thanks for the help!  Searched as I might for text strings that I saved from that thread I could not find it.

[Dr Tone]

I'm just waiting patiently for google to get it's search result links straightened out. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Dr Tone said:

I'm just waiting patiently for google to get it's search result links straightened out. 

 

You and me both. I spent the night manually creating redirect links for about 500 of the most linked-to pages. one would think Google could just reindex the site and call it good, but it doesn't work this way. Search rankings involve so much more than just content. Google considers how many other sites link to one's site and if those links still work etc... It's a huge can of worms.

 

I remember after the last site software change when all the links also changed. I said I'd never to it again. Never say never :~(

 

Anyway, the work continues with Google's tools to get all the search results and links back to normal.

[jabbr]

Yeah this is a very big issue because the site will drop in google rankings when the indexed links are broken. What I would do is write a bit of code to hook into 404 errors and look up and redirect the old to the new URI. my 2p..

[The Computer Audiophile]

21 minutes ago, jabbr said:

Yeah this is a very big issue because the site will drop in google rankings when the indexed links are broken. What I would do is write a bit of code to hook into 404 errors and look up and redirect the old to the new URI. my 2p..

I'd love to pay someone to do this, but can find nobody capable. 

[jabbr]

14 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I'd love to pay someone to do this, but can find nobody capable. 

It would all depend on what backend you are using but generally I'd hook the 404 exception and then pass the URI into a 1:1 database that you populate with old:new URIs. If found, do a redirect to new URI, if not then return the 404.

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 hours ago, jabbr said:

It would all depend on what backend you are using but generally I'd hook the 404 exception and then pass the URI into a 1:1 database that you populate with old:new URIs. If found, do a redirect to new URI, if not then return the 404.

 

 

The problem is mapping the old to the new URI. 

 

Right now I have to manually create 301 redirects by finding the old URI, searching for the content on the new site to find the new URI, then enter it into the db. Impossible with 90,000 URIs. 

 

 

Here's an example:

 

Old URI - http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/computer-audiophile-site-upgrade-coming-march-18-2017-a-31798/

New URI - https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/31040-ca-site-upgrade-coming-march-18-2017/

 

 

 

[jabbr]

4 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

The problem is mapping the old to the new URI. 

 

Right now I have to manually create 301 redirects by finding the old URI, searching for the content on the new site to find the new URI, then enter it into the db. Impossible with 90,000 URIs. 

 

 

Here's an example:

 

Old URI - http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/computer-audiophile-site-upgrade-coming-march-18-2017-a-31798/

New URI - https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/31040-ca-site-upgrade-coming-march-18-2017/

 

 

 

 

You could modify the software that you used to re-create the site to, instead of re-creating  a page, instead save the URI into the db... it depends on how you recreated the site, but the logic used to recreate the site is the logic that "knows" what the old to new URI mapping is.

[Serge_S]

Don’t know if anyone posted this elsewhere already, but if one is really desperate to find a particular link before Chris fixes it, google the relevant part of URL from your dead link like so:

1. Dead one:
https://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/locked-gain-pc-or-gain-info-metadata-29306/

2. The following Google query will give you the old and the new links at the top of the search results:
locked-gain-pc-or-gain-info-metadata site:www.computeraudiophile.com

[Superdad]

22 hours ago, Serge_S said:

2. The following Google query will give you the old and the new links at the top of the search results:
locked-gain-pc-or-gain-info-metadata site:www.computeraudiophile.com

 

Thank you Serge!  That will help me fix a pile of links on our web site that refer to threads or posts here at CA.

[STC]

On 3/23/2017 at 1:59 AM, The Computer Audiophile said:

I'd love to pay someone to do this, but can find nobody capable. 

 

 

Just trying to help. See if this can help you

http://searchengineland.com/take-back-lost-links-220462

 

[louisxiawei]

Hi Chris,

 

Some information of Miska's blog is very useful with pictures attached. However, after the new CA, it only shows messy code instead of pictures. Can you please fix these? Thanks in advance.

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

32 minutes ago, louisxiawei said:

Hi Chris,

 

Some information of Miska's blog is very useful with pictures attached. However, after the new CA, it only shows messy code instead of pictures. Can you please fix these? Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

Fixed.

[louisxiawei]

7 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

Fixed.

Much appreciated! Cheers!

[louisxiawei]

Hey Chris,

 

Could you please fix these links? Thanks in advance.

[The Computer Audiophile]

29 minutes ago, louisxiawei said:

Hey Chris,

 

Could you please fix these links? Thanks in advance.

 

 

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