Quick re-direct question

[PVO_Dave]

Hi,

I don't really know much about .htaccess re-directs, can someone help me out with the hopefully simple query below:

We have moved from VB4 to XF, looks like some users must have favourited the /forum.php URL, what can I put in my .htaccess to re-direct people from forum.php to index.php

Ta,
Dave.

 

[Paul B]

Definitely not my strong point, but this may do it, assuming the forum is installed in the root:

RewriteRule ^forum.php / [R=301,L]

Have you considered uploading a forum.php file though with a message stating the site URL has changed?

 

[PVO_Dave]

Thanks Brogan - I'll give that a go

I did think about it, but users need as much automated as possible lol

 

[PVO_Dave]

Didn't seem to work - thanks anyway, I'll do some more searching

 

[Paul B]

Try this instead:

RewriteRule ^forum.php index.php [R=301,L]

 

[PVO_Dave]

Same thing I'm afraid

 

[PVO_Dave]

Did something else instead..

Created forum.php

Content =

<?php

header("Location: http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk");

?>

Job's a good'un

Thanks for all help (again) Brogan

 

[Paul B]

That was going to be my next suggestion, it's what I did for my site when I migrated as we used to have a home.php in the root.

I actually have this in mine though:

<?php
header('Location: http://cliptheapex.com/community/pages/home', true, 301);