Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[Mrs Frugal]

Clare's just pointed out that none of the "broody hen" links work. I've checked it out and EVERY SINGLE LINK ON THIS FORUM NO LONGER WORKS . You know why, don't you? The forum address has changed so the links can't link to the addresses they're set for.

 

Guess who has a VERY big job ahead of her .

[Mel (& Paul)]

oh poor poor you

have a glass of wine (or two) and some green and blacks before you start.

Cant it wait until James gets back - if anyone really needs the links is there any other way to direct them

[Mrs Frugal]

No, unfortunately unless we do them one at a time as they're needed. All the stickies are now rendered useless . I've got to go into each of them and change the addresses of every single link to the forum.

 

I can do without this .

 

I'm tempted to delete all the stickies?

[Mel (& Paul)]

Why dont you leave them until they are needed?

[The Dogmother]

OH NO!

 

I wish that I hadn't noticed it now I'm so sorry - isn't there a magic macro that James can write to change all the link addresses?

 

What a bummer!

[Mel (& Paul)]

Rotten isnt it?! There must be someway that we can sort it without Kate having to go to all that trouble. There must be someone out there with super pants like her

[Mrs Frugal]

James isn't here . I could just leave them but then if anyone wants them, they don't work and that's a pain for newbies.

[Mel (& Paul)]

And we've disappeared again Isnt there anyone else at Omlet that can help with the links

[The Dogmother]

And to top it all, your avatars have gone again!

 

Cattle prod needed for the forum gremlin

[Mel (& Paul)]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

I uploaded it and it worked - for a nano second

I'll keep on trying - I cant imagine how Kate is feeling

[The Dogmother]

Yeah, I'm sending lots of warm cuddly thoughts her way - I expect that her karma needs a lot of working on

[Mrs Frugal]

There you are Mel. If it goes again, click on this website - http://www.gifanimations.com/index.jsp, go to "animals" then "dogs" and drop down the menu and select "monopoly" then right mouse on the picture, copy the url and paste it into your profile then submit.

 

I'm so frustrated by all this today that I just don't know what to do.

[Mel (& Paul)]

I've told you

LARGE glass of wine and a bar or two of green and blacks

warm bath with aromatherapy oils

forget the forum - we can live without the stickys for a while - not like we've got nothing else to do

[The Dogmother]

Yup, just say 'hey ho, stick it up your ***' and go get drunk

 

Big hugs coming your way

CX

[Nicola H]

Oh Kate sounds like the day from hell if there is anything I can do just shout, and in the meantime a big cyber hug coming to you........

[Guest]

grd with know-it-all-programmer hat walks in.....

 

php forums store their postings data in a database. It might be possible to write some SQL to read through and update all the old URLs with the new site address. It's not a simple task, bit it's do-able.

 

Get to it James!

[Mrs Frugal]

Wish I could do it, grd. I haven't got a clue where to start ! James should be able to sort it out when he gets back.

[Mrs Frugal]

I'm leaving the stickies until everything else calms down. I've done the ones which give help for using the forum and gallery but the rest can stay as they are. If anyone needs the topics that are on any of the other stickies, I can access them for them and post a new link. One less hassle!

[Popcorn]

Oh Kate,

 

Sending you Big hugs covered in chocolate

 

This might make you feel better:

 

Darren left for work this morning at 7am to catch his normal bus. at 7.10am the phone rang and got me out of bed. It was Darren stood at the bus-stop and the bus had gone straight past him without stopping. He was panicking, so I said to walk back to the house and take the car and i'd get the bus to work.

 

He's just arrived home at 6pm. We were just on our way out the door to visit his parents for tea, and there's no car on the drive.

 

He forgot he drove to work and caught the bus home!

 

We're now having to get the bus back to his work tonight to get the car and our tea will be in the dog

[Mrs Frugal]

Ooooops!!

 

Don't worry Gina. I'm still smiling and getting there! It'll all be right sooner or later. If it all goes pear shaped, it goes pear shaped !

[Popcorn]

C’est la vie eh Kate

 

Right, I'm off to catch my bus! See you guys later....byeeeeeeeeee

[Guest]

Kate, if you had the power, you could go into the SQL engine and type:

 

update phpbb_posts_text set post_text = replace(post_text, 'http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum', 'http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum');

 

That would fix everything. Just thought I'd rub it in a bit.....

[Nicola H]

Sorry Gina to laugh at your expense but that is very funny, typical man................

[buffie]

Oh sorry Kate, you can do without this . It's surely not all down to you to sort out . Take your time and newbies can always ask again and get the answers first hand if things aren't up and running. I think james should have seen this coming maybe...Said nicely of course

 

BBx

[Cate in NZ]

To be fair to James he was aware of the links problem, and posted it on the forum problem thread. I've still not worked out how to to quotes , so here's a cut & paste bit

 

I understand that this has broken some of the links on the site, but I can't find a way around this.

 

hope this helps,

 

James

 

However he doesn't sound too promising

With any luck he'll come back from his trip all refreshed and re-energised, ready to vanquish the forum gremlins, and if he's still uncertain about how to go about it maybe grd's information will make sense to him (I'm sure it's great advice grd, but to me it might as well be written in Japanese for all I understand it )

 

Kate, it sounds like you're having a really stressful time- don't let the gremlins get to you- the forum will keep, we're all still managing to post, some with more difficulty than others, with or without avatars and with possibly a few more email notifications than are strictly necessary, but it sounds like we're all still managing. Try the feet up, bedsocks on, large glass of wine in front of the fire method of relaxation- I highly recommend it Green & Blacks optional

 

Thanks for all your hard work to keep things running smoothly though. It is appreciated