I don’t spend much time on the forums here, but it seems that something has updated in the url structure used on the site causing literally every link in old forums to be broken… resulting in 404 errors… Anyone else experiencing this?
Instead of clicking on the link, open it in a new browser tab
Makes no difference. Every forum-forum link appears dead. I linked a few below… anything that previously had a topic/123456 nomenclature is broken.
forums.plex.tv/topic/23711-running-pms-as-a-service-in-whs
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/93994-pms-as-a-service/?p=547864
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/52700-pms-crash-on-windows-server-2012/?p=464185
Find any forum-forum link from the past any amount of time, the link is broke.
posting this as a test:
Oddly enough, this one works. Very strange behavior.
Indeed, do you have links to the posts containing the broken links?
I posted 3 in the 3rd post of the thread I started. But for reference:
forums.plex.tv/topic/23711-running-pms-as-a-service-in-whs 3
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/93994-pms-as-a-service/?p=547864 2
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/52700-pms-crash-on-windows-server-2012/?p=464185
Even directly clicking on those links above will not result in a good translation, though I think I’ve figured out the pattern to the new URLs. Seems like some re-write errors with the new URL nomenclature.
Thanks,
I meant links to where you found those links
Thanks, and link corrected, and was made not with the former forum, but the one before that, and went undetected until you spotted it
Thanks. I’ll post here if I see any more, I can’t remember if I saw any others yesterday while searching around for some answers.
EDIT: That thread still has broken links in it, FYI. There are links to “earlier” posts that aren’t “Scrolling” correctly.
There’s 996 posts in that thread.
Please help me helping you…
LINKS
“post 4” URL/hyperlink is dead.
I’m literally just scrolling through the thread and looking for any link that links to another forum post… They are all dead from what I can tell.
I understand it’s a big thread, but my point of this thread is that this probably isn’t an isolated issue, just trying to help DEVs out by revealing a flaw in the upgrade process (potentially). I’m sure this problem exists on older threads elsewhere too.
More broken links:
You can stop now, since not going to spend the rest of my life on this 
When people find a broken link, that they need, then fine, but no hunting…Life’s too short
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And formular is the following:
When you have a broken link like:
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/75484-windows-server-essentials-pms-freezing-fix/
Then change it to:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/75484
Above will, if lauched in a new browser tab, redirect you to the correct new link, that with above is:
https://forums.plex.tv/t/windows-server-essentials-pms-freezing-fix/39076
Umm, with all due respect, I’m not “hunting” for broken links. If you look at every post I linked, they’re all related to a current on-going issue I’m having (an issue caused by the most recent public release, mind you, but let’s no go there). I’m not wasting my time looking for problems on the plex forums. Each of those links (with the exception of the initial response which you requested) were things I found while legitimately looking for support on the forums.
Furthermore, I think the appropriate solution to this would (and the whole reason of my initial post) be to pass on to your web devs that a recent update caused several hundred (possibly thousands) of broken links on the forums.
Cheers,
As said, the links pointed to not this forum, nor the last one, but the one before that
So kinda old, and you got the formular to help you get to the correct ones
I’m not trying to be argumentative, but that’s not really the point, that “I got the formula.” I doubt I’m the only one that will ever stumble upon older posts that are still relevant to running a Plex environment. If Plex wants to promote a current and stable product, and make money (as any good business should), you keep your old resources up to date or eliminate them altogether (including the old forums with bad links). 404 errors don’t reflect well on your SEO scores, and it frustrates already frustrated users trying to find help on the forums. I’m not bringing these issues up to waste your time or be a pest, I’m doing it to HELP the Plex team because I believe in the product.
The first thread I posted had posts from 19 days ago (not counting mine from today) that thread is still very much active. I don’t understand how the stance of the Plex team can be “stop bothering us with this” - which is the impression I’m getting. If I was a novice reading this and hadn’t already invested in Plex for what it can do, I wouldn’t be dropping money on it or promoting it to my colleagues, friends, or even anywhere else online.
I’m not Plex Team, but a guy just like you, doing this in my spare time, and try to divide my spare-time between coding towards Plex, and helping out in the forums.
Going through all links and quotes in that thread is simply too time consuming, sorry
Never suggested that you should. I think you should push this along to the Plex devs! That has been my point the whole time, not to make busy work for you, guy.
