XF 1.5 Redirect Help Please

[Joeychgo]

I imported across from vBulletin 4

I've completed the process up to 'Redirecting URLs'.

I followed the advice of Import Redirection.

I downloaded/installed vBulletin 4.x URL Redirection

The big problem I have right now is that http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/forum.php doesn't seem to want to go to http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/

Can anyone help?

 

[Chris D]

I don't think those redirection scripts actually include forum.php hence there is nothing there to redirect. The author of those may be able to answer why.

That said, I think you would just need to handle this with a line or two in a .htaccess file, in your web root:

RewriteEngine On

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

 

[Joeychgo]

I don't think those redirection scripts actually include forum.php hence there is nothing there to redirect. The author of those may be able to answer why.

That said, I think you would just need to handle this with a line or two in a .htaccess file, in your web root:

RewriteEngine On

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

eh, didn't work Chris

 

[Joeychgo]

can anyone help please???

 

[Paul B]

Can you paste the contents of your .htacess file?

 

[Joeychgo]

Thanks @Brogan

This is in the site root:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteOptions inherit

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forfmjbodiesonly\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.forfmjbodiesonly\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.forfmjbodiesonly\.com\/classicmopar\/" [R=301,L]

This is in the forum root

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo

    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[Paul B]

I don't see the line Chris suggested in the root .htaccess file.

Have you removed it?

 

[Joeychgo]

I don't see the line Chris suggested in the root .htaccess file.

Have you removed it?

Yes --- I can replace it if you want

 

[Paul B]

As it's in your XF directory, you can probably just add something like this to the XF .htaccess:

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

 

[Joeychgo]

As it's in your XF directory, you can probably just add something like this to the XF .htaccess:

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

that doesn't work -- it just brings me to a error page

http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/forum.php

 

[Paul B]

It works for me in my testing.

Where did you add it in the .htaccess file?

 

[Joeychgo]

It works for me in my testing.

Where did you add it in the .htaccess file?

When I go to http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/forum.php
I get this on 2 different computers and a tablet

 

[0ptima]

Try this

Redirect 301 /forum.php http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/

 

[Joeychgo]

Try this

Redirect 301 /forum.php http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/

Thanks - but no good. Same thing

 

[0ptima]

Where is your .htaccess file ?

 

[Joeychgo]

Where is your .htaccess file ?

See: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/redirect-help-please.108233/#post-1006357

http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/

 

[0ptima]

Put that line below </IfModule> int he htaccess file in your forum folder

 

[Joeychgo]

Put that line below </IfModule> int he htaccess file in your forum folder

I did. Ill do it again right now.


Edit -- done. Here is the htaccess


[

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo

    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>


Redirect 301 /forum.php http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar/

 

[Joeychgo]

Still lost.....

 

[Chris D]

Honestly I'm pretty sure one of the above should have worked so there may be some other factor at play.

This will work though.

Create a file named forum.php and upload it to the relevant location. That file should contain:

<?php

header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
header('Location: http://www.forfmjbodiesonly.com/classicmopar');
exit;

?>