vBulletin 4.x URL Redirection 1.0.0

[Jake Bunce]

@BamaStangGuy

Hmm. Try this to avoid any conflicts:

#    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 500 default
 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^politicaljack\.com [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.politicaljack.com/$1 [L,R=301]
 
    #make exception for XF's thread URL format
    RewriteRule ^threads/[^\.]+\.[0-9]+/ - [S=1]
    #redirect vB's thread URL format
    RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)-.*$ /threads/$1? [R=301,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 enable WebDAV editing with 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>
AuthName "xenForo Test Bed"
AuthUserFile "/home/politics/.htpasswds/public_html/xenforo/passwd"

That should work to avoid any conflicts with the redirects.

 

[Brent W]

@BamaStangGuy

Hmm. Try this to avoid any conflicts:

#    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 500 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^politicaljack\.com [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.politicaljack.com/$1 [L,R=301]

    #make exception for XF's thread URL format
    RewriteRule ^threads/[^\.]+\.[0-9]+/ - [S=1]
    #redirect vB's thread URL format
    RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)-.*$ /threads/$1? [R=301,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 enable WebDAV editing with 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>
AuthName "xenForo Test Bed"
AuthUserFile "/home/politics/.htpasswds/public_html/xenforo/passwd"

That should work to avoid any conflicts with the redirects.

You are awesome man. The urls work now.

 

[kprojects]

Thanks Jake - this fixed me up also!

 

[DJ XtAzY]

I think there might be a bug with forumdisplay.php. It won't rewrite the URL correctly if the the node type is a category.

Let say the category is named "Test" for forumdisplay?f=1 in VB4. Now after the import to XF, it has a newID of 3. When the url gets rewritten, it will turn out like this and it won't work: http://www.site.com/forums/3/, when it should've been http://www.site.com/categories/Test.3/

Does anyone know how to fix this? I feel like it just need a simple if statement to determine if the node type is a category or a forum, which should be inserted somewhere in:

if ($input['f'])
{
    $importModel = XenForo_Model::create('XenForo_Model_Import');

    if ($newId = $importModel->mapNodeId($input['f']))
    {
        $target = XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('canonical:forums', array('node_id' => $newId));
    }
}

Just to test that category, I tried changing from canonical:forums to canonical:categories to assume it detected a category, but it spits me back errors, which is:


An exception occurred: Undefined index: depth in /home/username/public_html/library/XenForo/Route/Prefix/Categories.php on line 35

1. XenForo_Application::handlePhpError() in /home/username/public_html/library/XenForo/Route/Prefix/Categories.php at line 35
2. XenForo_Route_Prefix_Categories->buildLink() in /home/username/public_html/library/XenForo/Link.php at line 331
3. XenForo_Link::_buildLink() in /home/username/public_html/library/XenForo/Link.php at line 81
4. XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink() in /home/username/public_html/forums/forumdisplay.php at line 34

 

[Jake Bunce]

@DJ XtAzY

Category links need a depth specified, like so:

if ($input['f'])
{
    $importModel = XenForo_Model::create('XenForo_Model_Import');

    if ($newId = $importModel->mapNodeId($input['f']))
    {
        $target = XenForo_Link::buildPublicLink('canonical:forums', array('node_id' => $newId, 'depth' => 1));
    }
}

This sets an arbitrary depth, but category links are canonicalized so it should come out correct.

 

[DJ XtAzY]

That solved it. Thanks!

All my urls are now redirecting properly now (including vbseo links)!

 

[DJ XtAzY]

Actually almost all my links work. How do I rewrite from:

forums/1938479-post1.html

to:

forums/showpost.php?p=1938479&postcount=1

This is the last of vbseo rules I want to convert. Thanks!

EDIT:

I already have these default rules for showthread:
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+-([\d]+).html /forums/showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-.+.html /forums/showthread.php?t=$1 [NC,L]

I came up with this rule myself:
RewriteRule [^/]+/([\d]+)-post([\d]+).html /forums/showpost.php?p=$1&postcount=$2 [NC,L]

I'm not sure if those bolded rules will conflict with each other.

 

[Jake Bunce]

@DJ XtAzY looks good to me.

 

[polle]

Is there a way to include archive ?

Everything is working fine except that, so I am looking a way to include archive and send it to the original thread itself.

Posible ?

This are my main 404 URLs

http://site.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5897.html?s=760eb1d9fbf101e0a0d552fa2c7385da
http://site.com/forums/memberlist.php?&pp=30&order=desc&sort=username&page=52
http://site.com/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2012-11-19&c=1

My forum now is in forum/ without the s, so redirecting to the main forum is ok.

How can I do it ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

@polle

What is the URL of this thread in XF?

http://site.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5897.html?s=760eb1d9fbf101e0a0d552fa2c7385da

I need both the old and new URL to be certain about redirects.

 

[polle]

@polle

What is the URL of this thread in XF?

http://site.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-5897.html?s=760eb1d9fbf101e0a0d552fa2c7385da

I need both the old and new URL to be certain about redirects.

I believe something like this:

http://site.com/forum/threads/5897

 

[Jake Bunce]

@polle

Since the id is the same you can use a rewrite rule.

Add this to the .htaccess file in the old /forums directory:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^archive/index\.php/t-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/threads/$1/? [R=301,L]

 

[polle]

@polle

Since the id is the same you can use a rewrite rule.

Add this to the .htaccess file in the old /forums directory:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^archive/index\.php/t-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/threads/$1/? [R=301,L]

Thank you Jake!

One question, I have no old directory and I would like to avoid the creation of it.
How should the rule needs to be if I place it in my domain root htaccess ?

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^forums/archive/index\.php/t-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/threads/$1/? [R=301,L]

Is that correct ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

How should the rule needs to be if I place it in my domain root htaccess ?

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^forums/archive/index\.php/t-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/threads/$1/? [R=301,L]

Is that correct ?

Correct.

 

[polle]

Correct.

Thank you.

In this 2 ones how can I redirect them to the main /forum directory?

http://site.com/forums/memberlist.php?&pp=30&order=desc&sort=username&page=52
http://site.com/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2012-11-19&c=1

 

[Jake Bunce]

@polle

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^forums/(memberlist|calendar)\.php$ /forum/? [R=301,L]

 

[polle]

@polle

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^forums/(memberlist|calendar)\.php$ /forum/? [R=301,L]

Thank you Jake.

 

[Sola]

Looks like Jake is the man here. Maybe he can spare a moment to help me. Not sure it is doable though...

Migrated VB4.2 with VBSEO in vb dir to XF in xf dir successfully.
Installed the vb4 url redirection script

Old VB path:
http://www.domain.com/vb/news-books-today-culture/44669-scandal-season.html

Equivalent thread in XF
http://www.domain.com/xf/index.php?threads/scandal-season.44669/

Is a redirect doable? Help write?
What folder should it go in?
Remove everything else in that specific .htaccess file before adding?
Anything else I should watch out for/do?

Appreciate the time.

 

[Sola]

Okay, sorted it out using Kier's thread and Geekpoint.

 

[Sola]

Nope, false positive. Now its asking the browser what to do with the page:

application/x-httpd-php5 (44.3 KB

It worked there for a few pages/while.
Back to scouring for a solution...