XF 1.2 Redirects from sub-directory to root

[Andy.N]

Can anyone help with a nginx rewrite rules that redirect all urls of the form

site.com/forum/threads/hedge-fund-or-investment-bank-internship.559/
into
site.com/threads/hedge-fund-or-investment-bank-internship.559/

I have XF installed on root and the first type of url was the result of XF previously being in /forum/ folder.

I have now moved it to root but Google reports thousands of 404 so I like to redirect them.

 

[Jake Bunce]

location /forum/ {
	rewrite ^/forum/(.*)$ /$1 permanent;
}

That should do it.

 

[Andy.N]

@Jake Bunce
Thank you very much. It works.

 

[Andy.N]

location /forum/ {
    rewrite ^/forum/(.*)$ /$1 permanent;
}

That should do it.

Jake
I spoke too soon. Just realized that I have a route filter in place (forums/-> forum/)
After adding this rule, all the categories url gave 404
Going to site.com/forum/ will just display portal.

EDIT: it seems with the route filter in place, categories will be site.com/forum/category.1/
adding that rule in will break the url.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Jake
I spoke too soon. Just realized that I have a route filter in place (forums/-> forum/)
After adding this rule, all the categories url gave 404
Going to site.com/forum/ will just display portal.

EDIT: it seems with the route filter in place, categories will be site.com/forum/category.1/
adding that rule in will break the url.

You could attempt to distinguish the two patterns, but ideally you need to remove the conflict by removing that route change.