[Mailman-Users] Re: List Archive Link broken / not working

Ben Edwards ben at videonetwork.org
Sat Oct 4 19:44:54 CEST 2003


On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 18:38, Paul H Byerly wrote:
> you wrote:
> > I am using Mailman 2.1.2.  All the lists I have the Archive link
> > takes
> > me to a link link http://lists.serverone.co.uk/pipermail/bfm/ and I
> > get
> > the error 'The requested URL /pipermail/bfm/ was not found on this
> > server.'
> 
> 
>      The change in server name might be an issue, but the problem is
> that it's looking for a "pipermail" directory rather than in the
> "private" directory.
> 
>      The archive you are looking for is at
> <http://lists.serverone.co.uk/mailman/private/bfm>, which is where it
> should be.  The link on
> <http://lists.serverone.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bfm> should be created
> by listinfo.html with the code:
>  <MM-Archive><MM-List-Name>Archives</MM-Archive>
> 
>     <MM-List-Name> is also used to generate the title in the blue bar,
> but that shows as "Bfm --" on your page..  Clearly you have made
> modifications.  Is the code to create the link correct?  
>      I would back up your listinfo.html and copy over with the
> original in the templates directory.  If that works, go from there.

Actually no, I haven't changed the pages.  When I first run into
problems I deleted and re-created the list.  The code is below for
reference.

Ben

<!-- $Revision: 2.4 $ -->
<HTML>
  <HEAD>
    <TITLE><MM-List-Name> Info Page</TITLE>
  
  </HEAD>
  <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">

    <P>
      <TABLE COLS="1" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="4" CELLPADDING="5">

	<TR>
	  <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" ALIGN="CENTER">
	    <B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1"><MM-List-Name> --
	<MM-List-Description></FONT></B>
	  </TD>
	</TR>

	<tr>
	    <td colspan="2">
	      <p>&nbsp;
	    </td>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>

	    <TD COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFF0D0">
	      <B><FONT COLOR="#000000">About <MM-List-Name></FONT></B>
	    </TD>
            <TD COLSPAN="1" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFF0D0">
              <MM-lang-form-start><MM-displang-box> <MM-list-langs>
              <MM-form-end>
    <MM-Subscribe-Form-Start>
            </TD>
	  </TR>
	    <tr>
	      <td colspan="2">
		<P><MM-List-Info></P>
	  <p> To see the collection of prior postings to the list,
	      visit the <MM-Archive><MM-List-Name>
		  Archives</MM-Archive>.
	      <MM-Restricted-List-Message>
	  </p>
	</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR>
	<TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFF0D0">
	  <B><FONT COLOR="#000000">Using <MM-List-Name></FONT></B>
	</TD>
      </TR>
      <tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	  To post a message to all the list members, send email to
	  <A HREF="mailto:<MM-Posting-Addr>"><MM-Posting-Addr></A>.

	  <p>You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing
	    subscription, in the sections below.
	</td>
      </tr>
      <TR>
	<TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFF0D0">
	  <B><FONT COLOR="#000000">Subscribing to <MM-List-Name></FONT></B>
	</TD>
      </TR>
      <tr>
	<td colspan="2">
	  <P>
	    Subscribe to <MM-List-Name> by filling out the following
	      form.
	  <MM-List-Subscription-Msg>
	  <ul>
	      <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="2"
		WIDTH="70%" HEIGHT= "112">
		<TR>
		  <TD BGCOLOR="#dddddd" WIDTH="55%">Your email address:</TD>
		  <TD WIDTH="33%"><MM-Subscribe-Box>
	</TD>
	<TD WIDTH="12%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
      <tr>
        <td bgcolor="#dddddd" width="55%">Your name (optional):</td>
        <td width="33%"><mm-fullname-box></td>
	<TD WIDTH="12%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
      <TR>
	<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT SIZE=-1>You may enter a
	    privacy password below. This provides only mild security,
	    but should prevent others from messing with your
	    subscription.  <b>Do not use a valuable password</b> as
	    it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext.

            <p>If you choose not to enter a password, one will be
            automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to
            you once you've confirmed your subscription.  You can
            always request a mail-back of your password when you edit
            your personal options.
	    <MM-Reminder>
	</TD>
      </TR>  
      <TR>
	<TD BGCOLOR="#dddddd">Pick a password:</TD>
	<TD><MM-New-Password-Box></TD>
	<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
      <TR> 
	<TD BGCOLOR="#dddddd">Reenter password to confirm:</TD>
	<TD><MM-Confirm-Password></TD>
	<TD>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
      <tr>
        <TD BGCOLOR="#dddddd">Which language do you prefer to display
your messages?</TD> 
        <TD> <MM-list-langs></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
      <mm-digest-question-start>
      <tr>
	<td>Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily
	  digest?
	  </td>
	<td><MM-Undigest-Radio-Button> No
	    <MM-Digest-Radio-Button>  Yes
	</TD>
      </tr>
      <mm-digest-question-end>
      <tr>
	<td colspan="3">
	  <center><MM-Subscribe-Button></P></center>
    </TABLE>
    <MM-Form-End>
    </ul>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFF0D0">
	<a name="subscribers">
        <B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><MM-List-Name>
Subscribers</FONT></B></a>
      </TD>
    </TR>
    <tr>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%">
	<MM-Roster-Form-Start>
	<MM-Roster-Option>
	    <MM-Form-End>
	  <p>
	<MM-Options-Form-Start>
	<MM-Editing-Options>
		<MM-Form-End>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
<MM-Mailman-Footer>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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