Switching from vB to XF: how will it affect external links to our site?

[Grover]

Hi,

I am not a technical person , so I am wondering this:

Our vB3.8 powered website is one of the most popular forum-only sites in The Netherlands (6.8 million hits p/mnth, 100.000 unique visitors): this is quite big for a non-commercial site in such a relatively small country. Anyway, because of our popularity a lot of external sites/forums link to our discussions.

My question is: what will happen to those links if we decide to switch to XenForo in the future?

Do the current links like http://www.mysite.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=11911 posted on external sites then still point to the correct discussion on a XenForo powered platform?

 

[Paul B]

You just need to use the redirection scripts.

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

All old links (except for archived content) will then continue to function, automatically redirecting any users to the correct thread in the new XenForo installation.

 

[Grover]

Thanks for your very quick answer, Brogan. I was thinking about those redirection scripts, but I was not sure at all, being a non-technical forum-fanatic. Now I understand what they are meant to do.