Forum Issue: Navbar Breadcrumbs not working

[seovb]

The breadcrumbs in the navbar for the forums aren't functioning properly.

View any thread, then try to use the breadcrumbs to navigate back out to the thread listing page and you'll get a 404 error

Edit: Looks like there maybe other issues as well. The stats in the whats going on box for forumhome aren't functioning to their full potential either.

[gwyneth]

Originally Posted by seovb

The breadcrumbs in the navbar for the forums aren't functioning properly.

View any thread, then try to use the breadcrumbs to navigate back out to the thread listing page and you'll get a 404 error

Edit: Looks like there maybe other issues as well. The stats in the whats going on box for forumhome aren't functioning to their full potential either.

Several other issues--trying to get to any subsequent page in beyond the first page of the thread index in at least some categories gets a 404, too. The 404s have been popping up in other places--could have been the bread-crumbs, I'll note here if I discover otherwise.

[GatorFord]

We're aware of the issue and our Forum Administrator and CTO will need to look into this as it may be an issue with the version or the actual server environment and rewrite rules. Sorry for the small things that aren't working, but for the most part it's still good

Thanks for bearing with us.

[Keith W]

I am wondering if it is connected to the bout of spamming we had a few days ago?

The problem seemed to show up after that.

[RainbowViper]

In addition to the breadcrumbs being invalid, the two dropdown menus on each forum section, for Forum Tools and Search, are missing their descriptors. The Forum Tools dropdown contained the link "Mark This Forum Read" (or words to that effect) and moving your mouse over what's there now will show you what I mean.

Each individual thread has a "Thread Tools" and "Search This Thread" dropdown, and those ARE there and working.

This started a few days ago. When I first noticed it, I was at work and figured it was the corporate firewall/proxy that was causing it. But now, at home, I see it isn't.

[gwyneth]

Originally Posted by GatorFord

We're aware of the issue and our Forum Administrator and CTO will need to look into this as it may be an issue with the version or the actual server environment and rewrite rules. Sorry for the small things that aren't working, but for the most part it's still good

Thanks for bearing with us.

No need to apologize...this is all a "bug report" rather than a complaint. With something that shows a bunch of small problems that are hard to repeat unless you remember the exact behavior, we're just trying to save Gator time.

[RainbowViper]

I did a little more poking around. I don't believe it's an environment or rewrite issue, but I'm not certain of that.

Here are the results:

From the main forum page, clicking a sub-section header such as "Public Forums", gives the following link, and it WORKS:

http://forums.hostgator.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

But, once you've read... say... the "Suggestions" forum, and click the breadcrumb link to "Public Forums", it gives THIS form of the link, and it DOESN'T work:

http://forums.hostgator.com/public-forums-f6.html

(The missing drop-down menus are another issue, and unrelated, I think.)

[gwyneth]

From the way the URLS are now written, it looks as if there may be something new inside? Don't think it had the fpages before.

[GatorDaveC]

Let me know if you still see the problem. I was only told of this issue a couple of hours ago.

[Keith W]

Hi Dave,

Everything appears to be back in working order again, well from my end at least.

Take care, Keith

[RainbowViper]

Looks like you fixed it, DaveC!

All breadcrumb links work now, and the sub-forum menus are back where they should be.

[seovb]

Fixed, and so lovely again!

ps i hate zoints!

Thanks!