What's Going On w/the Off-Topic Board?

[John Adams]

What's Going On w/the Off-Topic Board?#1

Posted: 5/13/26 at 8:43am

Accessing the Off-Topic Board has been "Hit-or-Miss" lately. I think it may have to do with the site's links associated with the (2) message board buttons. 

If I click the button for "Main Board", it takes me to: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/

If I click the button for "Off Topic", it's a gamble as to where I'll end up. More often than not (lately), it sends me to that same https://forum.broadwayworld.com/ address (for the Main Board). I was able to access the Off-Topic Board and post a new thread this morning, but I didn't pay attention to the site address... 

[John Adams]

What's Going On w/the Off-Topic Board?#2

Posted: 5/13/26 at 8:59am

Just tried again (using "Off-Topic" button) and was sent to: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/index.php?boardname=off

What appeared onscreen was Page 2 of the Main Board... ? (Although I do recall that the "boardname=off" portion of the address does seem to have been correct in the past for directing to the Off Topic Board.

EDIT:

Tried a third time and actually arrived at the Off Topic Board. site address was: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/index.php?boardname=off

I don't understand the randomness of this working or not working (especially when the site address is identical for both previous attempts)....

Updated On: 5/13/26 at 08:59 AM

[John Adams]

What's Going On w/the Off-Topic Board?#3

Posted: 5/14/26 at 10:03am

I continue to intermittently get misdirected away from the off-topic board today, but I'm also finding that when I post replies (on either the Main Board, or the Off-Topic), I get this error message:

"Gateway time-out Error code 504

Visit cloudflare.com for more information.

2026-05-14 13:40:25 UTC"

 

After closing out of the page with the above message, and re-connecting to the BWW site, I see that my reply posts have uploaded properly, so that's a relief.

I'm now making it a habit that as soon as I notice the site "clocking", I copy/paste what I'd just written into a text file in anticipation of the cloudflare gateway time-out error.

 

If it helps at all, I'm using Firefox 150.0.3 (aarch64), cookies enabled, and the following extensions (enabled):

    •    AdBlock
    •    AdBlocker Ultimate
    •    Ghostery
    •    HTTPS Everywhere 
    •    uBlock Origin

[KevinKlawitter]

What's Going On w/the Off-Topic Board?#4

Posted: 5/14/26 at 6:52pm

There be dragons