Redirection Scripts for vBulletin 3.x - htaccess file?

[Netsultants]

I saw the thread showing the files to put in the VB folder and I installed them.
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.5030/

I'm assuming that it also requires some sort of redirect possibly done in an htaccess file, correct?

If so, what would the htacces file look like going from:

vb: example.com/forums
xf: example.com/new_forum

Thanks

 

[Netsultants]

I need some help here...... Is this mike on? "Testing... testing"

 

[Jake Bunce]

I played with those redirection scripts once before. I had trouble getting the scripts to change directories. But they work great when they reside in the same directory as xenForo.

I would do this:

1) Upload the redirect scripts to the same directory as xenForo.

2) Put a .htaccess file in the old vB directory which redirects to the new xenForo directory:

Redirect 301 /forums /new_forum

This should work for you. Let me know if it doesn't.

 

[Netsultants]

Ok, so I put the scripts in the wrong dir?

The thread says "All you need to do is unzip these files and place them in the directory within which the vBulletin files with the corresponding names would be located."

Also, what should the htaccess file look like? - Thanks!

 

[Jake Bunce]

You can probably do it with just the redirect scripts. But I failed to get them to change directories in my testing. So my instructions above setup a double redirect. The .htaccess file changes directories. And once there, the redirect scripts map the old vB locations to the new xenForo locations.

 

[Netsultants]

The error I get when going into a VB link with just the redirect scripts is "No such file or directory" ....../forums/library/XenForo/Autoloader.php

That makes sense because the file is /forums/library/XenForo/Autoloader.php and /forums is the vb folder and it doesn't exist.

It should be looking for it here: /New_forums/library/XenForo/Autoloader.php I would think.

 

[Jake Bunce]

That's the problem I had when trying to get the redirect scripts to work outside of the xenForo directory. I tried changing
$fileDir in the script, and I also tried manually specifying all paths in the script, but it still didn't work. I also tried chdir(). Maybe I was doing something wrong. But it should work if you leave the redirect scripts in the xenForo directory and then use the .htaccess file to handle changing directories.

 

[Netsultants]

Jake, you're probably right. I'd really like to get this working the way it was intended or at least figure out what the problem is.

I don't think we are the only ones with this problem.

 

[Netsultants]

Jake this is working now correctly.

Updated files at http://xenforo.com/community/threads/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.5030/