XF 1.1 Redirects to folder

[zooki]

Hi, I moved my site over successfully from Vbulletin! -

It used to be in a folder /forum - after I did migration to Xenforo I placed everything in the root, and made redirects. It has been around three weeks since that.

So, right now Xenforo is in the root and I want to move my website back into a folder: /community

I want to use the root for my CMS.

How can I redirect to the folder, whilst also keeping the old vb redirects? Do I need one htaccess in the root? what do i keep in the folder that will hold xenforo?

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#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
<IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
 
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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
    #    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}]
    RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ http://mywebsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[Jake Bunce]

Presumably you used the rewrite to change directories. Then then redirect scripts were in the root?

Rewrite rules are not necessary here. Just upload the redirect scripts to the old /forum directory (where vB was), and edit the 301config.php file to specify the server path to the XF directory. It will handle the change of directory.

Then you just move the XF files from the root to /community and update the board URL:

Admin CP -> Home -> Options -> Basic Board Information -> Board URL

 

[zooki]

The rewrites were for my old vbulletin threads -

I am guessing that I need the rewrites for the updated xenforo URLs - because this will be my second url change.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I am guessing that I need the rewrites for the updated xenforo URLs - because this will be my second url change.

Oh good point.

Then in addition to what I posted before, you can include rewrites in the root to redirect select XF URLs:

RewriteRule ^(threads|forums|members)/(.*)$ /community/$1/$2 [R=301,L]

Specify all XF routes you want to redirect to /community

 

[zooki]

thank you,

In the /community folder, should there also be a htaccess file?

Also, should i close my forum before I move the files into another folder?

 

[Jake Bunce]

In the /community folder, should there also be a htaccess file?

Just XF's default .htaccess file. Nothing to do with redirects.

Also, should i close my forum before I move the files into another folder?

Not necessary.

 

[rdn]

Oh good point.

Then in addition to what I posted before, you can include rewrites in the root to redirect select XF URLs:

RewriteRule ^(threads|forums|members)/(.*)$ /community/$1/$2 [R=301,L]

Specify all XF routes you want to redirect to /community

Can I have a Nginx equivalent for this @Jake Bunce ? Thanks!

 

[Jake Bunce]

Can I have a Nginx equivalent for this @Jake Bunce ? Thanks!

        location ~* ^(threads|forums|members)/.*$ {
                rewrite (threads|forums|members)/(.*)$
/community/$1/$2 permanent;
        }

That should do it.

 

[rdn]

        location ~* ^(threads|forums|members)/.*$ {
                rewrite (threads|forums|members)/(.*)$
/community/$1/$2 permanent;
        }

That should do it.

Thanks Jake, but not working :|


Redirect doesn't happen.