XF 1.4 Redirect all to Forum list

[sami simo]

I have thousands of 404 errors. many of them point to an old forum installed years ago in the same domain.
How can I redirect all those non existent threads permanently to my forum list page?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Please post a few example URLs. Then I can give you a rewrite rule to redirect that pattern.

 

[sami simo]

Most urls have this format:

http://www.example.com/vb/t7289-2/
http://www.example.com/vb/t7436/
http://www.example.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1289


I want to redirect them all to this page:

http://www.example.com/forums/

 

[Jake Bunce]

Add this code to the top of the .htaccess file in the /vb directory:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^.*$ /forums/? [R=301,L]