Oops! Looks like our GPS took you a bit off-trail. Sorry about that!

[Matthew / BPL]

Yes. It’s a known problem. We have logged this issue with the developer and hope to have it resolved shortly. I will keep everyone updated here.

There is no need to continue to update this thread if you are getting the 404/Oops message in your PMs or Profile links. Please continue to update if you find it anywhere else on the site.

[Bill Budney]

Are you planning to fix the continuation pages for profiles as well? That would be a big help for people trying to find old threads.

[Matthew / BPL]

Yes that error has been logged into our system as well. We’d all like to see that fixed for sure.

[BlackHatGuy]

Contrary to your post about it all being fixed, I still can’t go past the first page on someone’s posting history without getting the “Oops” error, fwiw. Tried it just now with two different people, same result for both.

[Matthew / BPL]

I’m sorry, that’s a different error and it has not been fixed.

[William Chilton]

I’m getting the Oops! Looks like our GPS took you a bit off-trail. Sorry about that!  message when I try to access the site through a bookmark to recent forum topics, and when I go to the Recent Forum Topics link in the dropdown menu under the Community tab. Firefox on Windows 10.

[Matthew / BPL]

Thanks for letting us know. Everything should be working now 🙂

[Severin S]

Any chance of fixing the member profile such that you can navigate multiple pages of posting history? Probably one of the most useful functions for finding old threads.

[Matthew / BPL]

I suspect an update broke it. I believe we know how to fix it. I will report back.

[Bill Budney]

Perhaps, but it has been broken (and reported) for more than a year.

[Matthew / BPL]

Actually it was solved earlier this year and then it got broken by an update. https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/cant-go-to-past-pages-in-a-persons-forum-history/#post-3701286

[Bill Budney]

Heh. Good one. :)

[Ken Thompson]

Hilariously that link Matthew, yep, Oops!

[Matthew / BPL]

The link works for me. iOS/MacOS  Safari/Chrome when logged in. 🤷‍♂️

[Terran Terran]

That link doesn’t work on any of my browsers. Other than that, I’ve only gotten the “oops” page a couple times. I figured you were doing maintenance . It hasn’t been a problem.

[Bill Budney]

It appears to be a server-side issue; I would be surprised if the browser matters. Just guessing, but Matthew’s account (privileges) might matter.

I get broken links frequently when looking at older posts. I’ve learned to modify the url to find the real page. It’s a minor annoyance (for me), but would be a pain for someone who doesn’t know how to do it.

[Michael Ray]

Yeah, that topic MK posted seems to have disappeared. Anyway, this issue with looking through someone’s forum posts STILL exists and is quite easy to workaround if you are on a desktop browser at least. If you hover over a page button you can see that it won’t take you to the correct URL. For example, it will show https://backpackinglight.com/members/abc123/page/2/ when it should be taking you to https://backpackinglight.com/members/abc123/forums/replies/page/2/

Thus, if you are on a user’s first “Replies” page, simply add page/#/ to the URL to go to whatever page of replies you want. Obviously # can’t exceed whatever the max # of pages that user has.

 

[Matthew / BPL]

Thanks for the problem solving everyone. This has been an ongoing challenge and we hope to have it fixed soon.

[Arthur]

It’s back again in the Recent Topics Forum

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