Major DiscoWeb Site Re-org!

[chris snell]

I've been wanting to re-organize the way our site is laid out for some time now. When you went to https://discoweb.org, you were presented with an ancient relic from the '90s. It wasn't totally obvious that there was a forum to be found here unless you happened to notice the little "Bulletin Board" link up at the top. Google didn't notice much, either. I'm pretty sure that this drove off the vast majority of new visitors to our site. It also resulted in a crappy 90's-era framed design where the ugly menu bar was at the top of every page, urging you to go buy a DVD in the DiscoWeb store or whatever.

So, I changed things around. I made the forum live in the base directory so you will now get to the DiscoWeb BBS when you type https://discoweb.org into your browser. The old site can be found as a link under the Non-Technical Forums section.

I added permanent redirects so the various search engines can re-discover the new URLs and so that your bookmarks will still work.

There's a chance that this may have broken something. If you notice anything amiss, please post up here and let me know!

Chris

 

[mbrummal]

Awesome!

 

[brian4d]

Looks really good. I bet it helps with the indexing on Google as you mentioned.

 

[jymmiejamz]

I think this should be the home page.

 

[chris snell]

Blue Monster Springs!!!!

 

[kennith]

It changed my title from Princess to Member. Not cool, man.

Cheers,

Kennith

 

[brian4d]

I think this should be the home page.

Rancho shocks? LOL, must have missed this or it's beyond my time. Do we have some superlift shots as well?

 

[57loboy]

Just logged back in after many (too many) months away and caught up on many, many entertaining threads. I've missed this place and everyone on it. Nice job with all the updates and such Chris!

 

[SGaynor]

I think this should be the home page.

No, no...this one: The Window

 

[jymmiejamz]

Chris, I sent you a FB message. Some things aren't loading correctly for me on Safari

 

[az_max]

I've been going to http://www.discoweb.org/forums for so long, I forgot the front page even existed.

 

[fishEH]

I've been going to http://www.discoweb.org/forums for so long, I forgot the front page even existed.

Exactly

 

[nosivad_bor]

when i go to www.discoweb.org i still see the old site and it wont let me get to the BBS.

I only figured out that everything was up because I got a PM notification in my email and followed the link to the BB

 

[nosivad_bor]

Also for about 3 years when i use this bb on my ipad and click on a thread, the wrong one opens up, and if i click "back" it takes me completely out of the bb link to the home page.

 

[p m]

Rob, have you tried cleaning up the browser cache?

 

[stu454]

Rob, I had the same issue and F5 fixed it for me.

 

[chris snell]

For anybody having this problem on a iPhone or iPad:

Settings -> Safari -> Clear History and Website Data -> Clear History and Data

I don't know why mobile Safari is caching old data but it is. This will fix it.

 

[kk88rrc]

What's going on with all the buttons?!?!?! Is it just me? Mac OS10.10 Safari

 

[chris snell]

What's going on with all the buttons?!?!?! Is it just me? Mac OS10.10 Safari

You need to clear your browser cache:

http://osxdaily.com/2016/01/17/empty-cache-safari-mac-os-x/

That method ^ is best because it doesn't nuke out all your cookies and logins and such. If that's too much for you, here's an easier way but it will clear your logins and you'll have to log in again everywhere:

https://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=45060

 

[kk88rrc]

It was difficult but I managed. Thanks Chris!