Links in Main Forum Hosts group go to DU3

[EarlG]

1. Thanks for the report

This is kind of a bug but also a known issue.

At the moment we have a version of the site running at www.democraticunderground.com (DU3), and then another version of the site running at du4.democraticunderground.com (DU4). Both sites are running off the same database, so no matter which version you're on, you're sending and receiving the same data.

Most of the links in the DU4 software are coded as relative links which don't reference www or du4, but just the last part of the URL. If you're on DU4 when you hit one of those links, you'll stay on DU4. If you're on DU3, you'll stay on DU3.

But there are some instances where we've repurposed code from DU3 which contains absolute links. These links specifically point to www.democraticunderground.com. If you're on a DU4 page and you hit one of those links, you'll end up at DU3.

But the reason this isn't really a problem is that when we finally launch the new software, the DU3 version of the site will stop running at www, and the DU4 software will take over. At that point visiting www.democraticunderground.com will give you the DU4 version of the site, so you're always on DU4, and any absolute links to www will keep you on DU4.