Jean-Luc Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) I couldn't access my own thread so I started experimenting. This is what the link originally looks like: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?1246-Baldur-s-Gate-Enhanced-Edition-%28No-it-s-not-a-kickstarter-p%29 %28 and %29 are the brackets (they are actually displayed as brackets but when I pasted the link they turned to code). What I did was simply delete the bolded part (including the dash after "1246") and I could access the thread. That's it really. Later I got a 404 when I tried posting in it and got around it with a similar workaround but then I noticed I had double posted so it appears that even if you get a 404 when posting the post still gets successfully...posted. This isn't perfect obviously as it requires you to constantly make adjustments to links that don't work but maybe the info can be used to "fix the site" for good. Edited March 16, 2012 by Jean-Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 This link works for me: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?1246-Baldur-s-Gate-Enhanced-Edition-%28No-it-s-not-a-kickstarter-p%29 Which browser are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Firefox (also tried Chrome). Neither worked. The same workaround can be applied to other problematic thread like these: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?1228-I-bought-the-game-more-than-1-year-ago...&goto=newpost http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?597-Combat-GUI-Update-%28feedback-please%29 Edited March 16, 2012 by Jean-Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Untill then please avoid using (, ), + and ... in thread titles. thank you =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Untill then please avoid using (, ), + and ... in thread titles. thank you =) Yeah, I knew that and then totally put brackets in my thread title. Pretty brain-dead of me but what can ya do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 you could press edit post and change the title of the thread? (and press edit on the double post and delete that extra one yourself instead of waiting for sathra) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) I deleted my double post (forums generally don't allow regular members to do this so it never occurred to me to try) but I can't change the title. When I try to save the edited title I get a 404 again and the change doesn't get memorized. When I try editing again, the new title is remembered in the title edit bar but the issue repeats itself. Can't save the changes and I don't know how to get around the 404 in this instance. Edit: Oh wait, the thread title in the OP does get changed but the topic title (the one you see from the "outside") can't be edited. They are two different things apparently. Oh for Goddess' sake. I did ask Sathra to remove the brackets from the "real" title so hopefully he'll be able to do so. Edited March 16, 2012 by Jean-Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 =) what a bastard thread topic it is =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Indeed, thanks. I think it's fixed now. I changed some settings with the SEO friendly URLs and it appears to have resolved the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 *sings* Chris broke the forum, Chris broke the forum... Then fixed it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Attachments are still broken though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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