XF 1.2 Internal links not working after import

[Janmaat]

Now I imported my old vB to XF and i'm quite happy now BUT....

In many many posts I have internal links directing to other posts in my forum. But as these links are text inside of posts they are still showing the old vB URL structure. When clicking these links it always directs me to old vB posts not to new XF posts.

How can I find and change these internal links so that the point to right XF posts?

 

[JulianD]

The recommended method is to install the redirect scripts for vBulletin. After you do it, it doesn't matter if your messages still has the old links, they will be redirected to the new links

 

[Janmaat]

Thanks so far @JulianD

But how do i do that? Do I need a kind of rewrite rule in a htaccess file because the imported IDs are the same...

My previous vB links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/4494-bla-bla-bla/page3?p=103248#post103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/240-bla-bla-bla

My current XF links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.4494/page-3#post-103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.240/

 

[JulianD]

Thanks so far @JulianD

But how do i do that? Do I need a kind of rewrite rule in a htaccess file because the imported IDs are the same...

My previous vB links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/4494-bla-bla-bla/page3?p=103248#post103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/240-bla-bla-bla

My current XF links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.4494/page-3#post-103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.240/

That's right. Take a look at this:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/vbulletin-4-x-url-redirection.120/

 

[Janmaat]

@Jake Bunce
Could you help me out what exactly I have to put in my htaccess file for the above specific URLs? As the IDs are the same I guess I don't need redirect scripts, right?

I'm totally lost with this

 

[Jake Bunce]

Thanks so far @JulianD

But how do i do that? Do I need a kind of rewrite rule in a htaccess file because the imported IDs are the same...

My previous vB links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/4494-bla-bla-bla/page3?p=103248#post103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/240-bla-bla-bla

My current XF links:
Point to post: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.4494/page-3#post-103248
Point to thread: http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.240/

Add this to the top of the .htaccess file in your old /forum directory:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?)p=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^showthread\.php /onboard/posts/%2/? [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^showthread\.php/([0-9]+)- /onboard/threads/$1/? [R=301,L]

 

[Janmaat]

Hi @Jake Bunce
I knew you would know the answer

But I have some headache with "old /forum directory"

In my server root I have two folders for my old vB install and for the new XF install.

/root
|_/html

|_/forumvb

|_/forum​

|_/forumxf

|_/onboard​

vB: This directs to /html/forumvb/forum:

http://www.meinforum.de/forum/showthread.php/240-bla-bla-bla

XF: This directs to /html/forumxf/onboard:

http://www.meinforum.de/onboard/threads/bla-bla-bla.240

The folder /forumvb will be deleted as I do not longer need the old vB install.

So I'm bit confused where I'll have to place the .htaccess that you have suggested as above

 

[Jake Bunce]

The folder /forumvb will be deleted as I do not longer need the old vB install.

So I'm bit confused where I'll have to place the .htaccess that you have suggested as above

That is a problem. You should leave the directory there to facilitate rewrites. Or recreate that web root elsewhere and install the rewrites there.

 

[Janmaat]

I had to create a subfolder /forum in /forumxf/onboard and put the .htaccess there. Now the redirects work like a charme

|_/forumxf

|_/onboard

|_/forum​

Thank you very much for your superior support @Jake Bunce