XF 1.4 Almost ready to switch

[imthebest]

Hi,

I have done a local test migration and I'm almost ready to switch from vBulletin 3.8 however I have some questions regarding redirects:

Let's say that my vBulletin forum URL is: http://www.mysite.com/forums
So I have: http://www.mysite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php, http://www.mysite.com/forums/showthread.php and so...

This is what I'm planning to do:

1. Install XenForo on www.mysite.com/forums
2. Run the import
3. Redirect everything!

But how to redirect? I'll perform a clean import (keeping content IDs the same between vB and XF), do I still need to save the import log and use the Redirection Scripts? Or it's all about .htaccess rules? If so, where I can find the standard .htaccess rules to redirect everything from vBulletin to XenForo?

Oh and I'll also import tags so I want to redirect:

http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags.php
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags.php?tag=funny+stuff
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags.php?tag=funny+stuff&page=2
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags.php?tag=videos
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags.php?tag=videos&page=2

To:

http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags/
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags/funny+stuff/
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags/funny+stuff/page-2
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags/videos/
http://www.mysite.com/forums/tags/videos/page-2

How I can do this?

Thanks!

 

[0ptima]

You need to keep the import log and upload the redirect scripts

Not sure about tags.

I added the following to my .htaccess

Redirect 301 /payments.php http://forum.com/account/upgrades
Redirect 301 /sendmessage.php http://forum.com/misc/contact
Redirect 301 /login.php http://forum.com
Redirect 301 /tags.php http://forum.com
Redirect 301 /misc.php http://forum.com
Redirect 301 /showgroups.php http://forum.com
Redirect 301 /search.php http://forum.com

 

[imthebest]

Thanks for your help @0ptima

Anyone can give more ideas please?

 

[imthebest]

Please I need support.

 

[Paul B]

If you retain IDs then you can do basic rewrite rules in .htaccess without the need for the import log and 301config file.

For any custom content you will have to deal with that separately as explained above.

 

[imthebest]

If you retain IDs then you can do basic rewrite rules in .htaccess without the need for the import log and 301config file.

So in other words... I don't need @Mike's add-on, right? If so, are the .htaccess rewrite rules available?

 

[Paul B]

Actually, I just checked with Mike as I have never used vb so I'm not that familiar with it.

He had this to say.

"The htaccess stuff is usually just for vbseo -- they redirect to showthread.php. Our scripts read from the import logs.
You *can* write redirects to skip the logs with the standard showthread.php urls, but I haven't seen any that do that."