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Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#1: Jan 26th 2013 at 3:52:30 AM

I figured we could use a thread about this. I got a heads-up yesterday from the author of Blade Bunny that the site is going to be retooled in a few days, which will break all the links to individual strips.

I figure I can handle this one, it's not like this is a thousands of pages comic, but does anyone else think it would be a good idea to have a place to alert people when a comic gets broken links this way?

(Additionally, yay for actually getting a heads-up for this one - he's offered me some custom artwork for getting the links from tvtropes fixed, could we do with a better page image?)

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#2: Jan 27th 2013 at 9:02:25 PM

This seems like a good idea. I know of at least one webcomic off the top of my head that needs its page fixed and I know I've run across others before as well.

edited 27th Jan '13 9:03:39 PM by Noaqiyeum

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Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#3: Jan 28th 2013 at 5:57:37 AM

So which ones need re-indexing? Maybe we have an obsessive fan of that webcomic ready to leap into action.

Most webcomics go through this at some time or other, mainly because their creators stick up a rough and inefficient site because they know their servers will handle the huge bandwidth requirements because it's not like they're going to get thousands of regular readers. Then they do and so they have to rework the site.

videogmer314 from that one place Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#4: Jan 28th 2013 at 10:59:24 AM

Gunnerkrigg Court recently shifted the archives around, including the removal of two pages that didn't actually exist, which means that every link after a certain point is no longer accurate.

ArcadesSabboth from Mother Earth Since: Oct, 2011
#5: Jan 28th 2013 at 4:27:21 PM

[up]Do you know which page #s were deleted (from the old numbering) so we know which page range needs redoing? And how many that were deleted?

Also, although Keychain of Creation switched urls a while ago, there may be old urls still hanging around the site.

What is the way to find the old urls on the website (other than the comic page itself)? Do we just search for the affected domain name, is that sufficient?

edited 28th Jan '13 4:29:17 PM by ArcadesSabboth

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videogmer314 from that one place Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#6: Jan 28th 2013 at 9:55:53 PM

Scratch that, actually. I just noticed that the site will compensate for the formerly blank pages when it redirects old links to the correct comic, so while the links look outdated, changing them isn't required.

Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#7: Jan 31st 2013 at 1:00:17 AM

I would suggest fixing the redirecting links anyway, maybe just a few at a time. There's no guarantee they'll redirect forever after all.

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