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Trouble accessing board

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:29 am
by hieronymous
Since this morning, the link I usually use to access the board hasn't been working:

[url=http://archives.rickresource.com/oldatt ... opics.html[/url]

If I go to the Rickresource page, then I can get in. But clicking on the "Rickenbacker Forum" link results in the same error message:

"Not Found - The requested URL /discus/messages/board-topics.html was not found on this server."

You are probably aware of this, but as I hadn't seen any mention of it I thought I should bring it up.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:49 am
by sowhat
Same here. And when i click on "The Rickenbacker forum" link right at the top of the thread, it says the same... not a very big trouble, but strange...

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:05 am
by squirefan01
Me too. Just wrote to Peter before I got in through the "Topics" link inthe left column.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:28 am
by johnhall
It looks like he's now using a script instead of hard code to access things. This will have the same effect:

[url=http://archives.rickresource.com/oldatt ... opics.html[/url]

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:34 am
by markbass99
I hope it's not from all the bandwidth I've been sucking up with my posted pics, Peter is probably going to send me a bill soon. Image

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:17 am
by jdogric12
Currency accepted: cashier's check, credit card, or fresh guitar strings.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:36 am
by hieronymous
The new link (from JH) works, but the link at the top left of the forum itself is still "broken."

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:24 am
by johnallg
Peter has a lot of pages to update the links on, looks like. Until he gets the new link page to all places, we will have these dangling references. I don't envy him.

This is just one complication with making big but necessary changes to a decent size or bigger website. He has moved up a big step in his coding, gaining versatility and speed. The coding changover and all the "hanging chads" are the rub until all are caught.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:47 am
by sowhat
Gee, it's getting curiouser and curiouser - back to 2002!
No, that's not a complaint, it's just very interesting to see.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:26 pm
by hieronymous
Yeah, please don't get the wrong idea - I'm not complaining - well, maybe a little bit! But I realize the magnitude of the job, and just wanted to point to a problem spot.

Thanks for all your hard work Peter!

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:50 pm
by blueflamerick
I've always just used http://www.forum.rickresouce.com.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:58 pm
by admin
From this point forward, the best way to access the Rickenbacker Forum is http://www.forum.rickresource.com or perhaps more simply http://forum.rickresource.com.

There are other ways, however, in this world of "call forward" and "overnight migration without warning", you will have your best result with this link.

This way, whatever changes I am doing "in the boiler room" will be my headaches and hopefully not yours as well. I do apologize for this bother.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:58 pm
by admin
Exactly right Erik, at least in theory. Your post was mildly amusing. Be sure to get your Forum Code right though.
Image

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:51 pm
by rictified
I always use this one as you don't have that access strip or whatever you call it on the left side taking up space, but when I try to go back today to get to a different topic I lose it and get this page cannot be found bla bla bla, and then have to enter again by using "my favorites".


[url=http://archives.rickresource.com/oldatt ... opics.html[/url]

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:09 pm
by doctorwho
Peter, it appears now that neither "Last Day" or "Last Week" links work as of this posting, instead they give this error message:
File [5-tree.txt] has zero length in reading for [read_tree]!

Please contact Peter McCormack if this problem persists.