I have been into the site for a year or two , and I had a desktop shortcut for the site .

Now when I try to access the site from the desktop shortcut it brings up error 404 and it will not bring me to the site .

The way I have to go to the site now , is by accessing my favorites , then it works .

Anyone know why ? Should I try to make a new desktop shortcut ?

 

The site has been updated today. You need to update your desktop shortcut because some of the page URLs (the thing in the top of your browser with allaboutcircuits.com in it) have changed.

If you are linking to New Posts you want http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/find-new/posts

 

It is no longer forums.allaboutcircuits.com, but rather forum.allaboutcircuits.com - you'll need to update your shortcut accordingly...

 

It is no longer forums.allaboutcircuits.com, but rather forum.allaboutcircuits.com - you'll need to update your shortcut accordingly...

OMG! This change will break the entire google db.

Usually, when migrating a website to a new platform, I try to sanely redirect links so that google goes somewhere useful.

 

OMG! This change will break the entire google db.

Usually, when migrating a website to a new platform, I try to sanely redirect links so that google goes somewhere useful.

Google will figure it out, the database is constantly changing and updating links... When was the last time you saw a dead link on Google?

 

It is no longer forums.allaboutcircuits.com, but rather forum.allaboutcircuits.com - you'll need to update your shortcut accordingly...

Hmm... I can't seem to find any references to forums.allaboutcircuits.com... Maybe it always was the current way....

@Al, what is the URL your shortcut is directing you to?

 

Don't know when that change occurred. I just clicked on my usual link today and it went straight to the site. I did need to re-enter username and password.

John

 

Hi all,

The forums were always located at http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com , never forums

 

Hi all,

The forums were always located at http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com , never forums

Hmmm... That's odd. I got a 404 on my first return once the forum was updated.... I guess it depends in how the URLs are/were....