Customizing URLs

[Umit]

Hi, i have a forum (vb3.7) and i'd like to switch to XF when the first beta released.

My forums URLs are like this:
/thread234.html
/thread234-2.html (second page)
/forum25.html

Can I customize the URLs in XF and hold my URLs same? (include thread and forum IDs after convert)

If i cant what i asked above, how can i redirect thread234.html to showthread.php?t=234 ?

 

[Mike]

The URLs are not customizable to that degree. You would need to use 301 redirects using mod_rewrite to redirect to our thread structure (or vB's showthread.php structure). The IDs won't be the same across imports anyway.

 

[Umit]

Thank you Mike, so it is possible with htaccess.
Can anyone help me to create the htaccess file?

forum23.html should redirect to showforum.php?t=23
thread234.html should redirect to showthread.php?t=234
thread234-2.html should redirect to showtread.php?t=234&page=2

 

[Shadab]

Mike, would these work?

RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)\.html$           forumdisplay.php?f=$1       [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)\.html$          showthread.php?t=$1         [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [R=301,L]

 

[Umit]

RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$1 [R=301,L]

is not working properly, and redirecting to showthread.php?t=234&page=234 (thread234-2.html)

anyhelp? i need to complete this job before switch to xenforo...

 

[Umit]

RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [R=301,L]
is working now, dont know why it didnt work in my local wamp.

 

[James]

RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$1 [R=301,L]

is not working properly, and redirecting to showthread.php?t=234&page=234 (thread234-2.html)

anyhelp? i need to complete this job before switch to xenforo...

RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [R=301,L]
is working now, dont know why it didnt work in my local wamp.

Because your first rewrite rule used the same variable ($1) for the thread ID and the page number Naughty Shadab!

 

[Shadab]

[...] Naughty Shadab!

Just an oversight on my part! Sorry.

Corrected in my previous post now.