XF 1.1 Can someone walk me through redirection?

[Carlos]

So, I recently moved EverythingHalo from vB3.6.8 to xenForo. I then closed the vB forum to get spiders crawling the new location, and the new xenForo site.

Basically, I want to redirect bots from everythinghalo.com/forum/ to simply www.everythinghalo.com And that includes all threads, and posts. I still have a backed up vB3.6.8 database of URL's already in the xenForo core.

I'd use Mike's redirection script here, but I am still confused on how to do this since this is one of those cases of "two steps forward, one step backwards."

EDIT: FYI, I want the best redirection method there is. Since the vB license installed in "forum" isn't mine.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Definitely use these scripts:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.264/

The 301config.php file allows you to specify a change of directory too. Upload those scripts to the old vB location and edit the 301config.php file for the change of directory.

 

[Carlos]

Hey, Jake, ever use cpanel before? Can you please PC me so that we can do this privately?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Yeah I know CPanel. Send me your CPanel login and some examples of old vB URLs and I can setup your redirects for you.

 

[Carlos]

Yeah I know CPanel. Send me your CPanel login and some examples of old vB URLs and I can setup your redirects for you.

I don't want you to set them up, I have a question about where to find the exact pathfiles, and whatnot.

I'm thinking of security, when I'm asking for PC.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I don't want you to set them up, I have a question about where to find the exact pathfiles, and whatnot.

I'm thinking of security, when I'm asking for PC.

Sure. Ask away.

 

[Carlos]

When working with redirects, how do I find "$fileDir = 'C:/inetpub/wwwroot/xenforo';" in CPanel instances? What am I supposed to look for?

I know how to look for directories, but how do I find out the cpanel's beginning directory so that I can fill that desired detail above?

And, how can I find the [archived] import data as per "define('IMPORT_LOG_TABLE', 'my_import_log');"?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Visit admin.php?tools/phpinfo and search the page for "DOCUMENT_ROOT". That will reveal the full server path. But on CPanel servers the path is always /home/username/public_html/.

If you archived the import log then the default table name is archived_import_log. You can examine your table names in phpmyadmin (in CPanel) to confirm the name of the table.

 

[Carlos]

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EDIT: Just uncommented those, and it's live. Now to see if it works.

Nope. It doesn't. JAKE!

EDIT 2: Tinkered around a bit here and there....IT WORKS!