XF 2.0 Script to fix imported posts with links?

[Sabius]

Is there a script available to parse all posts, and convert any links to forum posts to the new Xenforo format?

I converted from SMF 2.0 and I have many posts that had links to other posts, and now those links are broken. They need to be converted to the new Xenforo URL format.

 

[Sabius]

Let me give more detail on what I mean by this.

Example URL from current board (SMF):

http://www.myforum.com/index.php?topic=1326.0

URL from converted Xenforo:

http://www.myforum.com/index.php?threads/maintenance-items-part-numbers-accessories.1326/

So as you see, the converted URL has the thread title in it. Is there a shortcut for a Xenforo URL to access with just the topic id like in SMF? If so, I'd need to find a way to parse my topics/posts and convert the SMF URLs to the short Xenforo format if it exists.

Has nobody had this issue before? I have links to other posts all over my forum. Big issue with the converted content.

 

[Sabius]

Ok, I think I've figured this out. It is possible to just do /threads/[thread_id] and Xenforo will go to the correct thread.

Example using prior post:

http://myforum.com/index.php?threads/1326

That will get me to where I need. Now I just need to gracefully parse all threads somehow and make the link changes.

 

[Sim]

This is what you are looking for: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-content-find-replace.5748/

I hope you've got good Regex chops!

Refer to the v1.x version for documentation: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-content-find-replace.1549/

Alternatively, look at hand-coding some redirect scripts which make those old URLs valid and redirect to XF URLs - then you don't need to fix the old links.

 

[Sabius]

This is what you are looking for: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-content-find-replace.5748/

I hope you've got good Regex chops!

Refer to the v1.x version for documentation: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-content-find-replace.1549/

Alternatively, look at hand-coding some redirect scripts which make those old URLs valid and redirect to XF URLs - then you don't need to fix the old links.

This looks like what I need. Unfortunately, I don't know a damn about regular expressions. I'll figure it out in time I guess... Thanks for pointing this out.