XF 2.1 VBSEO Re-directs

[JamesAus]

Regarding re-directs for VBSEO, I found the following site - https://www.rivmedia.co.uk/vbseo-xenforo-rewrite-rules-redirect-vbseo-urls-xenforo/1828. It looks like what I need to use is the following:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

What I noticed in that URL was the following also:

These htaccess rules will not work unless you have the 301 Redirect script provided for your vbulletin version, this can be found in the modifications section at xenforo.com

I haven't managed to find that, however. Does anyone have a link to it?

 

[bzcomputers]

XenForo Redirects for vBulletin

XF301VB is a XenForo 2 add-on, which extends the XenForo router with the ability to accept URLs pointing to vBulletin content and seamlessly, permanently redirect them to their equivalent content in XenForo after the content has been imported...

xenforo.com

 

[JamesAus]

Thanks for that. I've set it up and trying to get the redirects working on my test forum which is www.mysite.org/forum/ compared to www.mysite.net/forum which is my live site. It's not working however and I'm getting the following:

Oops! We ran into some problems.​

The requested page could not be found.

Is there a way to verify the re-directs on a test site? I'm quite worried and don't want to go-live and then suddenly have broken links everywhere due to this.

 

[JamesAus]

Could someone please offer some advice here?

 

[bzcomputers]

Could be a lot of things. Do any pages work or do they all give the same error?

 

[JamesAus]

Could be a lot of things. Do any pages work or do they all give the same error?

Thanks for responding

They all give that error, so I'm afraid that when I apply it to my live site when I do the upgrade, it will fail too.

 

[bzcomputers]

Shared hosting / VPS /or Dedicated server? Did you do the install yourself?

Have you modified the htaccess file? Are rewrites enabled for that domain so the htaccess will work?

 

[JamesAus]

Shared hosting / VPS /or Dedicated server? Did you do the install yourself?

Have you modified the htaccess file? Are rewrites enabled for that domain so the htaccess will work?

It's a dedicated server. I did the install of XenForo myself yes, and seems to be working fine but not for the .htaccess file.

How do I see if rewrites are enabled? My .htaccess is like this:

# Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
# cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
# SecFilterEngine Off
# SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

# 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 workaround HTTP Basic auth issues when using PHP as a CGI.
#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

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>


RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

 

[bzcomputers]

That htaccess is a little incorrect, but I don't think that is your issue. But you should make the changes below to it.

Are you sure mod_rewrite is installed and enabled?

# Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
# cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
# SecFilterEngine Off
# SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

# 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 workaround HTTP Basic auth issues when using PHP as a CGI.
#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

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>

 

[JamesAus]

That htaccess is a little incorrect, but I don't think that is your issue. But you should make the changes below to it.

Thanks, tried that and same error.

Are you sure mod_rewrite is installed and enabled?

I'm not sure actually. I'll check with my host.

Thanks for your help.

 

[bzcomputers]

If you were/are running vbulletin on the same server then you know at least mod_rewrite is installed. Then you would just have to verify if it is enabled for the entire server or currently just the domain or directory vbulletin is on - you would need to check virtual host configuration for this.

 

[JamesAus]

If you were/are running vbulletin on the same server then you know at least mod_rewrite is installed. Then you would just have to verify if it is enabled for the entire server or currently just the domain or directory vbulletin is on - you would need to check virtual host configuration for this.

Sure, I must have re-write enabled on my main domain then. Perhaps I don't on my test domain, I'm not sure. I've asked my host to check for me.

 

[JamesAus]

My hosts have changed the .htacess and said it is enabled, but I still get the same error

# Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
# cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
# SecFilterEngine Off
# SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On

<IfModule mime_module>
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php56 .php .php5 .phtml
</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

# 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 workaround HTTP Basic auth issues when using PHP as a CGI.
#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

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>

 

[DotWeb]

Check your error log file to troubleshoot your issue.

 

[JamesAus]

Thanks for your message. It simply says:

Server error log​

No errors have been logged.