Hrothgar15 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Is it just me or with the new website, did they delete every existing article? Try Googling for DCI DVD spotlight for example, and click on any of the links. Any word (maybe from Michael Boo, who is known to frequent these forums) on whether any previous DCI.org content will return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I don't like what is happening. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herk Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Is it just me or with the new website, did they delete every existing article? Try Googling for DCI DVD spotlight for example, and click on any of the links. Any word (maybe from Michael Boo, who is known to frequent these forums) on whether any previous DCI.org content will return? I'm not sure exactly what it is you are looking for, but maybe they just renamed what it is into something else. If you click on the "News" tab, you get a list of news items. Some of them are identified as "Spotlight of the week: XXXXXX". Here is one such spotlight page: http://www.dci.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=965782&SPID=166025&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=33500&ATCLID=210142488 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrothgar15 Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 I'm not sure exactly what it is you are looking for, but maybe they just renamed what it is into something else. If you click on the "News" tab, you get a list of news items. Some of them are identified as "Spotlight of the week: XXXXXX". Here is one such spotlight page: http://www.dci.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=965782&SPID=166025&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=33500&ATCLID=210142488 That seems to be a very recent article (4 days old). Looks like all the existing articles from the past 20 years of the site are all gone. (Unless they haven't finished migrating everything over.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Is it just me or with the new website, did they delete every existing article? Try Googling for DCI DVD spotlight for example, and click on any of the links. Any word (maybe from Michael Boo, who is known to frequent these forums) on whether any previous DCI.org content will return? It looks like their "new partner" doesn't understand the concept of "url mapping"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Phan Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It looks like their "new partner" doesn't understand the concept of "url mapping"... I was looking through their old articles and there were still articles from the past few years up. Everything I've needed to see has still been on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I was looking through their old articles and there were still articles from the past few years up. Everything I've needed to see has still been on the site. On the site yes...but some of us use google...that is why url mapping is so important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 On the site yes...but some of us use google...that is why url mapping is so important Let me explain better... I decide to Google "DCI dan potter" because he seems to interest me today for whatever reason... I see a news article that interests me (this one happens to be 2011) and I click that link and it takes me to the dci website as page not found...this is a HUGE problem example link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQFjADahUKEwj5manLp4vGAhURXJIKHQ0kA6Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dci.org%2Fnews%2Fview.cfm%3Fnews_id%3Dab22cd7d-7a47-49ea-8d39-98a52f44c68b&ei=Qmt7VfnwKZG4yQSNyIygCg&usg=AFQjCNEsZ9eQMf_3c1jvkAiQarwM05gyiw&sig2=DJbGsepcQqIKe2pIUoIHvA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Phan Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Much better explanation when you leave out the snark. That being said, I understand the frustration that you presented. I'm sure that it will be brought to DCI's attention and resolved. The silver lining that I pointed out is at least the content still exists in some fashion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Let me explain better... I decide to Google "DCI dan potter" because he seems to interest me today for whatever reason... I see a news article that interests me (this one happens to be 2011) and I click that link and it takes me to the dci website as page not found...this is a HUGE problem example link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQFjADahUKEwj5manLp4vGAhURXJIKHQ0kA6Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dci.org%2Fnews%2Fview.cfm%3Fnews_id%3Dab22cd7d-7a47-49ea-8d39-98a52f44c68b&ei=Qmt7VfnwKZG4yQSNyIygCg&usg=AFQjCNEsZ9eQMf_3c1jvkAiQarwM05gyiw&sig2=DJbGsepcQqIKe2pIUoIHvA I'm no tech guru, but I don't get this complaint at all. First, why not just go to the site then? Maybe this is actually a ploy to get you to go to the site instead of Google? Again, I'm no wizard of tech so this might truly be "url-mapping"-stupidity. But second, don't we hear on a daily basis that "what you put on the web stays out there forever"? I think the articles you want are out there still and will show up again when the transition is complete. Maybe I'm giving them a bigger benefit of the doubt than is warranted, though. Edited June 13, 2015 by garfield 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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