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Hi, I am new in trying to learn everything about my new vibe, but every other link I click on is dead. For example:
http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19021" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
which redirects to:
http://forums.genvibe.com/cgi/redirectZ ... ?&id=19021" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Which is a 500 error page. I am a programmer so I can assume that you were using zForum before and switched to phpbb. However it looks like http://zforums.genvibe.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is now a hijacked wedding site?

genvibe was moved from zeroforum to phpBB3 not too long ago. Part of the transition was the redirects from old URLs to new ones.

I noticed that a lot of google hits go to the old URLs which now fail to redirect. No idea why CharCrews keeps grabbing genvibe domains. genvibe and charcrews share the same IP address. Maybe someone changed the Apache configuration on the server.

Looking at the google cache of the thread you were trying to get to, it looks like the new URL is viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


and welcome to genvibe

You could setup a 500 error handler that checks if the referrer is google and if so redirect them to the search page with the title of the page in the query box. The title or search query can be grabbed from google's referrer query string i think. That domain is snatching your subdomain because even though the dns is set right the virtual host is not set right in the apache configurations as you suspected on your amazon ec2 instance. You are losing a lot of incoming traffic (and therefor ad clicks) so if you need any help feel free to give me a shout. This site is the most valuable resource for my vibe I have ever found.

This is an issue the site admin, mkowdley will have to work out with whoever is the webhost for the site. I'm sure Mike will be able to resolve it. It's not something a moderator could resolve, and I am neither admin nor moderator here, I am just a "member", a general user same as you and almost everyone else here.

https genvibe has been mistakenly redirected to char crews for some time, but this, where zforums.genvibe.com is also sent there, is a new development.

joatmon wrote:This is an issue the site admin, mkowdley will have to work out with whoever is the webhost for the site.

I let Mike know to check into this. Thanks!

Nick - thanks for bringing this to my attention

The links should work now. I wrote a script to bridge links to the old forums over to links in the new forums. If you click http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19021" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; it should properly redirect you now to the corresponding page on the new forums, which is viewtopic.php?t=15180" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . The bridge script works in most cases. In situations where it doesn't work, there was probably a thread that didn't get migrated and we are mostly out of luck, but feel free to bring it to my attention and I'll take a look at it and see if I can resolve the matter.

In addition to the forum software change, GVC went through two server moves - I had to move it to a temporary server so that the consultants that were handling the migration could do their work without interfering with anything else on the server. Then I had to move it back. During the second move, the bridge script broke, but it should be working properly now.

However it looks like http://zforums.genvibe.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is now a hijacked wedding site?

hehehe no, that is just another site that is hosted on the same server as this one. GVC actually piggybacks off of that site's hosting space to keep costs down, but since zforums.genvibe.com is no longer a valid domain it just goes to the 'default' website on this server, which is that one.

Thanks for notifying me, and please let me know if you notice anything else amiss with this!

Mike K.