Question Fix 500 error

[feverc5]

It is not going to fix any URLs that were posted on your site, no.

Finally pinpointed where I think the problem is coming from.


This setting: "(Pro) Custom Thread URL"
Using [forum_title] or [thread_title] -- any way, shape, or form causes only some of the threads not to work. When I turn off Custom path the options that have [forum_title] or [thread_title] still does not work. I have since removed these options. And it appears all the threads and forums are working fine with the removal of "[forum_title] or [thread_title]."

I'm hoping know what we broke to cause these options to no longer work. lol

 

[Fillip H.]

Sounds like adding those options causes a conflict with other URL formats then, try adding unique text such as "thread-" etc to each of the settings.

 

[feverc5]

Sounds like adding those options causes a conflict with other URL formats then, try adding unique text such as "thread-" etc to each of the settings.

I think all of the options that need it, already have "Thread-id" in them. Do you have any other options or maybe its something I'm missing?

 

[Fillip H.]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I mean if you have a thread URL format as [thread_id]-[thread_title] and a forum URL format as [forum_id]-[forum_title] it is impossible for the mod to distinguish between the two.

You need to make them f.ex. thread-[thread_id]-[thread_title] and a forum URL format as forum-[forum_id]-[forum_title] so that the mod can tell them apart.

 

[feverc5]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I mean if you have a thread URL format as [thread_id]-[thread_title] and a forum URL format as [forum_id]-[forum_title] it is impossible for the mod to distinguish between the two.

You need to make them f.ex. thread-[thread_id]-[thread_title] and a forum URL format as forum-[forum_id]-[forum_title] so that the mod can tell them apart.

Alright. So I took the "[forum_id]-[forum_title]" out of literally all of the options. Some of the threads still redirect to the index page and some don't.

 

[Fillip H.]

I'm not sure how taking out stuff from the options would fix what I mentioned in my previous post?

 

[feverc5]

I'm not sure how taking out stuff from the options would fix what I mentioned in my previous post?

Maybe I didn't understand what you're saying. I thought you said with the 2 options in there, it can't tell the difference. So I went through all the settings and removed the "[forum_id]-[forum_title]" from all the options. Therefore it wouldn't conflict with [thread_id]-[thread_title]. At least this was my understanding.

 

[Fillip H.]

The conflict issue may be better explained by this:

For instance, let's say you have a forum format like so:
[forum_title]-[forum_id]/

And a thread format like so:
[thread_title]/

As far as DBSEO is concerned, the two URLs look like so:
<any character or symbol>-<a number>
<any character or symbol>

Now let's assume someone posts a thread title like so:
New Release: DBSEO version 2

The rewritten URL for that thread would, without the -a suffix, be:
new-release-dbseo-2

Notice how this matches the <any character or symbol>-<a number> rule for forum URLs? In other words, if forum URLs are given a higher "priority" than thread URLs, the rewritten URL would be resolved as if it was a forum, and when visiting that thread you would see forum ID 2 (or an error message, if that forum ID does not exist or is inaccessible).

However, with the rewritten URL including the -a suffix, the URL for that thread would be:
new-release-dbseo-2-a

Notice how it no longer matches the <any character or symbol>-<a number> rule for forum URLs? There is now a character after the number, which means it can't be a forum URL.


This is a very simplified example, but it demonstrates why it's vitally important to make sure that URL formats can be resolved as accurately as possible.


That's a canned response to whenever we get someone asking for why there's an -a in certain titles, but the same principle applies - the title and ID variables still resolve the same way in this case.

 

[feverc5]

The conflict issue may be better explained by this:

For instance, let's say you have a forum format like so:
[forum_title]-[forum_id]/

And a thread format like so:
[thread_title]/

As far as DBSEO is concerned, the two URLs look like so:
<any character or symbol>-<a number>
<any character or symbol>

Now let's assume someone posts a thread title like so:
New Release: DBSEO version 2

The rewritten URL for that thread would, without the -a suffix, be:
new-release-dbseo-2

Notice how this matches the <any character or symbol>-<a number> rule for forum URLs? In other words, if forum URLs are given a higher "priority" than thread URLs, the rewritten URL would be resolved as if it was a forum, and when visiting that thread you would see forum ID 2 (or an error message, if that forum ID does not exist or is inaccessible).

However, with the rewritten URL including the -a suffix, the URL for that thread would be:
new-release-dbseo-2-a

Notice how it no longer matches the <any character or symbol>-<a number> rule for forum URLs? There is now a character after the number, which means it can't be a forum URL.


This is a very simplified example, but it demonstrates why it's vitally important to make sure that URL formats can be resolved as accurately as possible.


That's a canned response to whenever we get someone asking for why there's an -a in certain titles, but the same principle applies - the title and ID variables still resolve the same way in this case.

Maybe I don't really understand. We even restored the settings from a few months ago when everything worked fine -- besides a very few minor problems. The format is still the same. So why would 1 day out of the blue it would just stop working. Also, I don't know if this helps but it seems like all of the threads that are redirecting to the Index.php have the same Thread-Id and Thread-Title.

FeverClan | Gaming Community

Everything that we have problems with seems to have (57729-fever-cs:go.html) on them -- instead of the actual thread information.


Also, just noticed another problem where this thread has the wrong {thread]-Title
Pending: Infinity's Application

 

[Fillip H.]

The redirect might have something to do with the : character, as that's not usually valid in URLs. Can you please try adding it to the character filter?

 

[feverc5]

The redirect might have something to do with the : character, as that's not usually valid in URLs. Can you please try adding it to the character filter?

That is what I was thinking. So I had turned on "Remove Non-Latin Characters" thinking that might take care of the problem. I take it that I need to add it specifically to the custom character. I just don't know what you replace ":" with.

"This setting lets you filter custom characters from the SEO URLs.

Examples:
Č => c
ş => s"


A side note, should I just remove the plugin altogether and reinstall?

 

[Fillip H.]

Just do

: =>

You don't have to add anything to the replacement side

 

[feverc5]

Just do

: =>

You don't have to add anything to the replacement side

You'll never believe this...So that didn't fix anything. lol


- So I created a fresh backup -- then deleted the plugin -- installed it again -- Restored with same fresh backup -- Everything seems to work again. So I take it wasn't a configuration issue.

 

[Fillip H.]

Weird, glad you got it working though

 

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