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Any hyperlink from the old board software has the following form:

[url="http://www.maestronet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=248749"]Text Description[/url}

a link in the new software has the form:

[url="http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=248749"]Text Description[/url}

(note:  last bracket changed to curly brace for legibility)

So it would seem that the database needs a search and replace for

threadid=

and replace with

showtopic=

and a search for

messageview.cfm?catid=4&

and replace with

index.php?

Posted

One of the problems presented by trying to fix inter thread links in old messages is that when you click edit, you are presented, not with simple text/BBCode (as you would with a new message) but with HTML code.

For instance, a message I wanted to fix in my references thread looks like this:

Going through some old threads I came upon this one:
<BR>
<BR><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.maestronet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=185965">split wood - evidence of use by old masters</a>
<BR>
<BR>It has some nice illustrations/explanations of run-off.  I thought it should be made more readily available with a link here in this reference thread.

So to fix this link, I have to edit it completely so that it finally looks like:

Going through some old threads I came upon this one:

[url="http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=185965"]split wood - evidence of use by old masters[/url}

It has some nice illustrations/explanations of run-off.  I thought it should be made more readily available with a link here in this reference thread.

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