XF 1.2 Redirect VBSEO to Xenforo (Nginx)

younes · Jan 2, 2014

hello guys
i want redirect my current VBSEO urls to Xenforo
VBSEO thread example:
http://www.domain.com/thread145257.html
VBSEO forums Example:
http://www.domain.com/forum299.html
i use this http://tools.geekpoint.net/xfseo/ to convert my VBSEO links
RewriteRule thread([\d]+)-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule thread([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule forum([\d]+)-([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule forum([\d]+).html forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [NC,L]

but it's not working

thanks

rainmotorsports · Jan 2, 2014

Going to have to get the rules converted for NGINX as it doesn't support apaches rewrite engine rules. I have seen quite a few people here get help on this though.

younes · Jan 2, 2014

rainmotorsports said:
Going to have to get the rules converted for NGINX as it doesn't support apaches rewrite engine rules. I have seen quite a few people here get help on this though.

i found something !

a online converter!
http://winginx.com/htaccess
so easy!
thanks

younes · Jan 2, 2014

its strange
i dont know why its not working
this is my nginx config

Code:

server {
listen *:80;
server_name www.domain.com;
rewrite ^/(.*) http://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}
server {
listen *:80;
server_name domain.com;
root /home/username/www;
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri&$args;
rewrite thread([\d]+)-([\d]+).html /showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 break;  
rewrite thread([\d]+).html /showthread.php?t=$1 break;   
rewrite forum([\d]+)-([\d]+).html /forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 break;   
rewrite forum([\d]+).html /forumdisplay.php?f=$1 break;
}
location /(data|internal_data|library)/ {
allow 127.0.0.1;
deny all;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;

}

younes · Jan 3, 2014

anyone please

i need your help guys
i can pay for it, send me pm please
its emergency!

rainmotorsports · Jan 3, 2014

One thing did you download the files and put them in the directory?

Copy the rewrite rules given below to your .htaccess file in the same directory where you have placed showthread.php and forumdisplay.php files provided by Kier: Redirection Scripts for vBulletin 3.x. If you already have some rewrite rules in that .htaccess file, place these near the top.

The redirects from that site require the files even once converted for nginx. Its possible even with them you may still have something wrong. But I figured I would ask the obvious question did you get and put the files where they go.

younes · Jan 3, 2014

rainmotorsports said:
One thing did you download the files and put them in the directory?

The redirects from that site require the files even once converted for nginx. Its possible even with them you may still have something wrong. But I figured I would ask the obvious question did you get and put the files where they go.

i think that files is for VB3 ( is it working on VB4?)
i have VB4 + VBSEO
my htaccess:

younes · Jan 4, 2014

anyone ?

i lost 250.000+ links
i'm not expert, i paid for fix, if anyone can fix my problem send me pm please
it's urgent!

Jake Bunce · Jan 4, 2014

Assuming XF is also installed in the web root (http://www.domain.com/), and assuming the ids are the same, try this:

Code:

        location ~* ^/thread[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite thread([0-9]+)\.html$ /threads/$1/ permanent;
        }

        location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forums/$1/ permanent;
        }

younes · Jan 5, 2014

Jake Bunce said:
Assuming XF is also installed in the web root (http://www.domain.com/), and assuming the ids are the same, try this:

Code:

location ~* ^/thread[0-9]+\.html$ { rewrite thread([0-9]+)\.html$ /threads/$1/ permanent; } location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+\.html$ { rewrite forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forums/$1/ permanent; }

thank you jake, it's working now (no More 404

)
but my thread IDs in XF not the same as VB

its redirecting to the wrong thread

Jake Bunce · Jan 5, 2014

younes said:
thank you jake, it's working now (no More 404 )
but my thread IDs in XF not the same as VB its redirecting to the wrong thread

Then upload these redirect scripts to your web root:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.264/

If your import records are not in the xf_import_log table then you need to edit the 301config.php file to specify the name of the table.

Then use these rules instead of the previous ones I posted:

Code:

        location ~* ^/thread[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite thread([0-9]+)\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1 permanent;
        }

        location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$1 permanent;
        }

That will handle the change of id.

younes · Jan 5, 2014

Thank you so much jake

it works like a charm

younes · Jan 18, 2014

hello again

i have a new problem
how can redirect old thread pages to xenforo?
i have too many big thread with +15 pages
example:
this link redirect correctly
www.mysite.com/thread12978.html
www.mysite.com/threads/11521

but threads internal pages wont (error 404)
www.mysite.com/thread12978-2.html
www.mysite.com/threads/11521/page-2

how can fix this?
it's not important to redirected to exact page
i mean if this link www.mysite.com/thread12978-2.html can be redirected to this link www.mysite.com/threads/11521 its ok for me

thanks

Jake Bunce · Jan 18, 2014

younes said:
hello again
i have a new problem
how can redirect old thread pages to xenforo?
i have too many big thread with +15 pages
example:
this link redirect correctly
www.mysite.com/thread12978.html
www.mysite.com/threads/11521

but threads internal pages wont (error 404)
www.mysite.com/thread12978-2.html
www.mysite.com/threads/11521/page-2

how can fix this?
it's not important to redirected to exact page
i mean if this link www.mysite.com/thread12978-2.html can be redirected to this link www.mysite.com/threads/11521 its ok for me
thanks

(to replace the previous rules I posted)

Code:

        location ~* ^/thread[0-9\-]+\.html$ {
                rewrite thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 permanent;
                rewrite thread([0-9]+)\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1 permanent;
        }

        location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$1 permanent;
        }

Then be sure to make this change to the showthread.php file:

http://xenforo.com/community/thread...rect-from-vb4-2-with-vbseo.45667/#post-490490

And make sure the number of posts per page is the same as your old forum such that the page redirects are appropriate:

Admin CP -> Home -> Options -> Messages -> Messages Per Page

DRaver · Sep 18, 2014

Is this true? For that you must use the v3 files + rewrites and not the vb4 redirect files?

Jake Bunce · Sep 23, 2014

DRaver said:
Is this true? For that you must use the v3 files + rewrites and not the vb4 redirect files?

The vB3 and vB4 redirect scripts are almost the same.

All redirects are a little different. If you are having trouble then I can provide instructions if you give me an example old and new URL.

khairulzul · May 28, 2015

Hello can you help me ..give rewrite configuration for nginx..url like this.

Thank for advanced..

VB 4.x: http://www.mysite.com/forum/perniagaan-internet/3504-perniagaan.html

Xenfore 1.4.7: http://www.mysite.com/forum/threads/perniagaan.3504/

younes · Jan 18, 2016

Hello

Dear @Jake Bunce, how can redirect this type of URLs ?

Threads
https://www.domain.com/5154-compressor.html

Forums
https://www.domain.com/forum293-house.html

Users
https://www.domain.com/member13004.html

Thank You

younes · Jan 18, 2016

Jake Bunce said:
Then upload these redirect scripts to your web root:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.264/

If your import records are not in the xf_import_log table then you need to edit the 301config.php file to specify the name of the table.

Then use these rules instead of the previous ones I posted:

Code:

location ~* ^/thread[0-9]+\.html$ { rewrite thread([0-9]+)\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1 permanent; } location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+\.html$ { rewrite forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$1 permanent; }

That will handle the change of id.

Hello again

I change my PHP version from 5.4 to 7.0.2
Now every old URL's redirected to the index

Jake Bunce · Jan 19, 2016

younes said:
Hello
Dear @Jake Bunce, how can redirect this type of URLs ?

Threads
https://www.domain.com/5154-compressor.html

Forums
https://www.domain.com/forum293-house.html

Users
https://www.domain.com/member13004.html

Thank You

Code:

        location ~* ^/[0-9]+-[^\.]+\.html$ {
                rewrite /([0-9]+)-[^\.]+\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1 permanent;
        }

        location ~* ^/forum[0-9]+-[^\.]+\.html$ {
                rewrite forum([0-9]+)-[^\.]+\.html$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$1 permanent;
        }

        location ~* ^/member[0-9]+\.html$ {
                rewrite member([0-9]+)\.html$ /member.php?u=$1 permanent;
        }

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