XF 1.4 vb4 import - redirects

[Nano2nd]

hi all, whats the best way to sort out my redirects for links after my vb4 import? i've keep the same ids however i'm currently running on a test forum, i.e. www.domain.com/forums/ = live vb4 forum & test.domain.com/forums/ = test XF forum.

I assuming a .htaccess file is the way to go, i've done some searching but haven't found exactly what i need, unfortunately writing my own is beyond my skill set, can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?

 

[Mike]

Looking at your site, it looks like "standard" URLs, so I think your best bet would be something like:
vBulletin 4.x URL Redirection

 

[Nano2nd]

Hi Mike i've installed those but i don't know were to reconfigure it to change if from www. to test. ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Hi Mike i've installed those but i don't know were to reconfigure it to change if from www. to test. ?

The redirect targets use the base forum URL setting in XenForo:

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

 

[Nano2nd]

that's already set to "test.domain.com/forums" when i installed the board, the issue is the links in the posts point at "www.domain.com/forums"

 

[Paul B]

Post content doesn't automatically update when the Board URL is changed.

You will need to run queries to change the URLs or this add-on: Post Content Find / Replace

 

[Nano2nd]

Post content doesn't automatically update when the Board URL is changed.

You will need to run queries to change the URLs or this add-on: Post Content Find / Replace

i'm guessing thats not going to work based on this:

1. There is no batch processing in this add-on, so if you are replacing something that occurs in a lot of posts, this could be very slow and might time-out.

my forums got over 6m posts, i haven't a clue how many of them will have links into the old vb software

 

[Paul B]

If you have the relevant rewrites in place, the actual URL in the posts is irrelevant, as traffic will be redirected.

However, a simple query to update the domain only would work fine, assuming the latter half of the URL is to remain the same.

 

[Nano2nd]

just tried it and as expected it times out

 

[Paul B]

When I said a simple query, I meant something like:

UPDATE xf_post SET message = REPLACE(message,'current_content','new_content');

It it's timing out due to the number of posts then you can add a WHERE clause to restrict it to a range of post IDs.