PhpBB3 redirection

[Corwin]

I just migrated from phpBB3 to Xenforo with integrated importer. Everything was ok... but links redirection was a problem. But it's easy with conversion from phpbb3, you will need only to add few lines to .htaccess

Here are that lines.

        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)t=([0-9]+)(&|$) [NC]
        RewriteRule ^viewtopic\.php$ /threads/%2? [L,R=301,NC]
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} f=(\d+)$ [NC]
        RewriteRule ^viewforum\.php$ /forums/%1 [L,R=301,NC]

Add them before that line

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]

This 4 lines will redirect all forums and threads to XenForo.

 

[MattW]

Hi Corwin, are you using these re-write rules with full SEO URL's? I've added the above into my .htaccess file, but link re-direction doesn't seem to be working.

 

[MattW]

I managed to figure it. I needed to add the forum folder into the rewrite rule, as my forum is in .co.uk/forum

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)t=([0-9]+)(&|$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^viewtopic\.php$ /forum/threads/%2? [L,R=301,NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} f=(\d+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^viewforum\.php$ /forum/forums/%1 [L,R=301,NC]

 

[Corwin]

Hi Corwin, are you using these re-write rules with full SEO URL's? I've added the above into my .htaccess file, but link re-direction doesn't seem to be working.

Hi MattW, I'm using with full SEO. I see you resolved that problem. I forgot to mention that my forum is installed in top level directory.

Is your redirection working properly right now?