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Perrie are you saying the issue is resolved and working fine for you now?

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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'The url I'm using now'...you mean on my ning site? Or do you mean the JR url after I go live?

Not sure what you mean by 'the url I want to search for'. Sorry, I'm just not getting the descriptives. You're pretty much saying the same thing as the JR instructions, which I'm just not understanding.

Curtis can you describe an example, please? (I'm still on my ning site which has a ___.ning.com domain...and I now have a new ___.com domain for my jr site)


updated by @strumelia: 03/29/15 04:55:33PM

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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Oh, I hadn't seen that, Curtis- interesting.
I'm not sure I understand exactly how it would be used though. I'm afraid the instructions are not turning on any lightbulbs for me. I feel dense today, didn't get enough sleep last night. :-\

This function changes the base url for imported text strings that reference files in the Ning Archive. Use this tool if you have moved your imported Ning site to a new domain or a new folder.
Current URL:
Enter the URL to search for
New URL:
Enter the URL to replace it with

I don't suppose someone could give a specific example of how I would use the tool...?

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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I actually still have the ability to switch or route my live ning site to point to my own dedicated domain- Ning offers that ability I believe through some setup they have. Soaring would know more about this. BUT at this stage of the game I don't think I really even WANT to bother with all that. And that plan may not continue working anyway once I shut my ning site down.
Happily, members tend to interact more with new content that is newly posted anyway. And all my vids and music audios and photos and stuff will be working...members will be focused on new content most of the time.
These dead links will come up periodically though, as members navigate the site and come upon older posts and content. I'm sure my members will be understanding however...they are good folks.

Brian when i said: "Is it true though?- that if I come across any really important instances of defunct URLS that i 'could' go into the database manually and edit those links 'if' I had the content on a new url and could edit the link from within? Or simply remove the link if it were causing repeated frustrations?"...
---I meant IF i had the content on a new url on a website of my own other than Ning...or if I wanted to delete the dead link altogether from an old post in my JR site I could do that through the database, rightI know I cannot reroute from a ____.ning.com url to a JR url.

Yes, ning sux in general. Used to be awesome for what it was, but now it just bites. l o l

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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I see. So this wouldn't work for my ning URL of: http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/ because it would need to have the "ning.com" part of the url and that belongs to ning. Correct?

Kinda sounds like more trouble than it's worth overall. Over time, there would tend to be fewer people clicking to older links and older content anyway.

Is it true though?- that if I come across any really important instances of defunct URLS that i 'could' go into the database manually and edit those links 'if' I had the content on a new url and could edit the link from within? Or simply remove the link if it were causing repeated frustrations?

I sure appreciate your explanations.

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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So... are you saying with that module I cannot use it with two domains for converting urls, like this way:

musicfriends.com/latest-cool-videos -> musiccrazies.com/videos

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

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"I don't know - it depends on the URL structure of the site. In your case it looks like you are changing domains as well, so I don't think you would even need this module (or maybe I am not see what you would use it for)."

Yes I am changing domains. Are you saying then that I will just have to live with whatever defunct ning URLS are lurking in my site?
Let me just get this straight- For example, if a year ago someone in a forum post or in a Group discussion on the ning site inserted a hotlink to their new video they uploaded, or to their ning profile page. It would just lead to a dead end, right? And someone else from two years ago on Ning posting a link to one of the ning site Groups suggesting someone to go join...that link would now be defunct too, right?
No 'instant gratification buttons', huh? Especially since I chagned domain names.. sigh...

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

Ning To Jamroom

Oh wait- does this module work by remapping whole categories of content urls, rather than individual urls?

Converting ning urls to JR urls question...

Ning To Jamroom

You mean I have to paste in each URL manually one at a time? =8-*
Ok so this is done AFTER my final ning import, continuing after I go live, and doing it 'over time' then I guess...?

Will the 'new JR url' tend to be the same except for the ning/JR part of the url? I mean, if the ning link is dead, then one would assume there IS no corresponding JR url then yet. ?

Realistically, on an active older ning site there are likely to be hundreds or thousands of such urls to be re-mapped after the fact then, correct? Tell it to me straight, I can take it.

In "Latest Activity" what is automatically shown, and how can we control it?

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Happy will be the day when I have this coding business figured out better. I'll get there one day, I keep taking baby steps.