XF 1.3 Redirect old links

[hterrag]

Hi, I've just imported my vb 4 forum and so far it is going smoothly. How can I redirect the old links?

Old link: http://www.mysite.org/showthread.php?3746-VIP-Membership

New link: http://www.mysite.org/forums/index.php?threads/vip-membership.3746/

 

[Amaury]

@Jake Bunce is the expert on this. He'll be able to help you.

 

[hterrag]

@Jake Bunce is the expert on this. He'll be able to help you.

Thanks, will wait for @Jake Bunce

 

[Mike]

There are redirects for vB4 URLs: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/vbulletin-4-x-url-redirection.120/

 

[hterrag]

I tried that but cant get it to work. Still need help with this.

 

[Mike]

If you're having problems with that add-on, I'd have to recommend posting in its thread and explaining the problems you're having.

 

[hterrag]

Do I need an add-on to redirect the links I stated above? Is it not just some lines to write in htaccess?

 

[Mike]

You have standard vB4 style URLs so that add-on should work and would usually be the most straightforward way of handling this. .htaccess modifications are only significant with non-standard URLs (or ones that don't have redirect scripts).

 

[Jake Bunce]

I agree. Those redirect scripts should work.

But if you want rewrite rules then add these rules to the top of the .htaccess file in your web root:

RewriteEngine On

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

That should do it.

 

[hterrag]

You have standard vB4 style URLs so that add-on should work and would usually be the most straightforward way of handling this. .htaccess modifications are only significant with non-standard URLs (or ones that don't have redirect scripts).

Thanks I will try and get this to work. I don't really know how to use it but I will post on that thread.