XF 1.5 URL redirection from the old forum to the new Xenforo

[thomas01]

Hello,

Can someone tell me how to forward the URLs from the old WBB4 to the new XenForo?
I do not want a 404 error and Google punishes me.

The URL looks like this:
Https://grillerforum.de/index.php?thread/2554-bacon-bbq-sub/(old Forum)
Https://grillerforum.de/index.php?threads/bacon-bbq-sub.2371/ (new forum)

The ID's (2554) can be imported as far as I know in the new forum structure at the beginning, so these numbers would be the same.

I tried to edit it with "route filter", but it does not work.
My entries look like this:
Find route: thread / 2554-bacon-bbq-sub /
Replace with: threads / bacon-bbq-sub.2371 /

Unfortunately, an error occurred: Page not found.
What am I doing wrong?

Greetings, Thomas

 

[Petros]

You can use .htaccess
Example:
Redirect 301 /index.php?thread/2554-bacon-bbq-sub/ /index.php?threads/bacon-bbq-sub.2371/

I use this way on my forum and works perfect.

There isn't any easily way,i think this is the only one

 

[meetdilip]

There is an official Google guide on how to use 301 redirects after migration like these. Give it a try.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Add these rules to the top of the .htaccess file in your web root:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?)thread/([0-9]+)-
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /index.php?threads/%2/? [R=301,L]

This assumes the ids are the same.