How To: Convert links to new format

[kramerica2]

I see this issue a lot. People click on a link, and due to the format change, it doesn't really work. So here's how to get to the linked page.

Click on the broken link. It will send you back to the main page, but the address will appear in your address bar.

The old link format is:

"http://www.rwgforum.com/yy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyy-tXXXX.html"'>http://www.rwgforum.com/yy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyy-tXXXX.html"

where yyy-yyy--yyy represent the topic title and XXXX represnt the topic number.

You need to change it to the new format:

"http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/XXXX-yy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyyyy/"'>http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/XXXX-yy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyyyy/"

Sounds confusing but maybe an example would clear things up:

Let's say the link I'm clicking is sending me back to the main page and in the address bar I see:

"http://www.rwgforum.com/Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t9242.html"'>http://www.rwgforum.com/Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t9242.html"

This is the old format, I'll change it to the new one:

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. Original link -

"http://www.rwgforum.com/Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t9242.html"'>http://www.rwgforum.com/Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t9242.html"

2. Add "topic/" after "www.rwgforum.com/" -

"http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t9242.html"

3. Cut the number at the end, paste it before the topic title and add a hyphen after the number -

"http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/9242-Omega-Smp-007-old-School-t.html"

4. Delete the "-t.html" at the end, and put a slash instead -

"http://www.rwgforum.com/topic/9242-Omega-Smp-007-old-School/"

5. Now the link should be fine.

[trailboss]

Nice one!

Complicated for some folk but it works

Col.