In order to make manually typing forum URLs faster, the forum software now recognises "?id=xxx" where xxx is a thread number, instead of "?bbsubject_id=xxx".
Also, the "bbshowpost.php" part is optional (and always has been), however the code that displays lists (eg. recent posts) now omits it. For example, this thread can be accessed now as:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=7287
The old method (which still works) was:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=7287
Notice the "?" is required before the "id=" as it distinguishes a filename from the arguments to that page.
Also, the "bbshowpost.php" part is optional (and always has been), however the code that displays lists (eg. recent posts) now omits it. For example, this thread can be accessed now as:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=7287
The old method (which still works) was:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=7287
Notice the "?" is required before the "id=" as it distinguishes a filename from the arguments to that page.