# Is the domain going to stay as boardstest.straightdope.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419 "2008-09-07T00:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/1 "2008-09-07T00:20:16Z")
If not, what will happen to inter-thread links people are posting right now, that use it in the URL? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/2 "2008-09-07T00:25:36Z")
Eh? I’m using [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb) and not being redirected anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/3 "2008-09-07T00:29:52Z")
The old url started working again like the day after the switch. Give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/4 "2008-09-07T00:37:26Z")
If you start with [boardstest.straightdope.com](http://boardstest.straightdope.com) then any links you click from there will point to that same domain. That won’t ever change (until they take it down, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/5 "2008-09-07T01:10:47Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > If you start with [boardstest.straightdope.com](http://boardstest.straightdope.com) then any links you click from there will point to that same domain. That won’t ever change (until they take it down, of course). I think **Mangetout** is talking about links people add to their posts, like [this one](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482120). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/6 "2008-09-07T01:16:10Z")
I like the boardtest address. The filters at work aren’t set up to block it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/7 "2008-09-08T07:40:23Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The old url started working again like the day after the switch. Give it a shot. When I type [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) into my browser, I am promptly redirected to [boardstest.straightdope.com](http://boardstest.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/8 "2008-09-08T09:10:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > When I type [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) into my browser, I am promptly redirected to [boardstest.straightdope.com](http://boardstest.straightdope.com) I’m guessing that’s a mistake since [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/) doesn’t redirect you and that’s what the link on the Straight Dope Homepage takes you to. I’m assuming Jerry just forgot to change the pointer. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-domain-going-to-stay-as-boardstest-straightdope-com/462419/9 "2008-09-08T12:27:56Z")
I’ll get the homepage link fixed since that seems to be the culprit.