XF 2.2 Xenforo redirects

[cares]

I want to be able to add some shortcut redirects to make my player's lives easier. I have been looking for a way to just do a few simple redirects. Like for example if I want to have a simple redirect to our discord,

website.com/discord >>> link to join discord

 

[KensonPlays]

Route Filters do not work with external links that I could try. But I know of a free tool called Short.IO. It's designed as a URL shortener, but it should be doable as a simple redirector too. The free plan supports a thousand or more redirects IIRC so it should be plenty.

 

[cares]

Route Filters do not work with external links that I could try. But I know of a free tool called Short.IO. It's designed as a URL shortener, but it should be doable as a simple redirector too. The free plan supports a thousand or more redirects IIRC so it should be plenty.

Are there any addons you know of that can do what I am looking for.

 

[KensonPlays]

If you don't mind editing your sites .htaccess file (normally hidden, gotta show hidden files), you can do something like this: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/setup-redirections-in-xenforo.194434/#post-1517748

 

[M@rc]

Are there any addons you know of that can do what I am looking for.

Redirect manager

Premium upgrade: This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the...

xenforo.com

 

[KensonPlays]

Redirect manager

Premium upgrade: This XF2 add-on along with the entire collection can be purchased for $35.00 USD. Your Premium upgrade will allow you to download as many XF2 add-ons as you like for one year. Please see the entire collection located in the...

xenforo.com

I was bout to link that one, but wasn't sure if they wanted to spend $35 for redirects.

 

[cares]

If you don't mind editing your sites .htaccess file (normally hidden, gotta show hidden files), you can do something like this: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/setup-redirections-in-xenforo.194434/#post-1517748

This got it working, but it's a little excessive and would be a very easy addition for xenforo to implement into their base product.

 

[Chromaniac]

Custom 404 Page by Siropu

This add-on allows you to customize your 404 error page, keep track of missing URLs and redirect them to new pages. It comes with a basic error message but you can customize the page the way you want it using HTML and XF template syntax, having...

xenforo.com

this should work i believe. you would have to load the fake url you want to redirect first to let it appear in the backend and then setup a redirection for it.

 

[RichDevman]

I am trying to do what should be a simple redirect..

/forumdisplay.php/305-######

to

/forums/########.305/

I have tried doing this in cloudflare, htaccess and Andy's addon. Nothing works. I know it is because there is no forumdisplay.php

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

 

[Hoffi]

If you run Apache, the htaccess should be the one that helps out here.

I don't run any more apache, but it should kind of this.

RewriteRule ^/forumdisplay.php/(\d)-(.*)$ /forums/$2.$1  [R=301,L,NC]

 

[RichDevman]

I was trying to do a 301 redirect but because that file isn't there it will not work.

Thanks so much!

 

[RichDevman]

That isn't working but I think you are on the right track.

 

[Hoffi]

I was trying to do a 301 redirect but because that file isn't there it will not work.

Thats not neccesary if you perform a redirect in the .htaccess file.

That isn't working but I think you are on the right track.

Yea, but I have no Apache running to figure the dateils out. Someone needs top jump in here to finalize this.

 

[RichDevman]

Can anyone help? I just need to redirect a few of my old vbulletin forums to the new urls because they have serious back links. None of the addons worked.

 

[Chromaniac]

Custom 404 linked few posts above would work just fine.

 

[RichDevman]

Custom 404 linked few posts above would work just fine.

I will try that one. It is really important for me to be able to redirect incoming links to the proper urls. If this add on will do that I will be a happy camper.

 

[RichDevman]

Custom 404 linked few posts above would work just fine.

That is a great add on but it will not link from old vbulletin urls like forumdisplay.php and showthread.php.

 

[Chromaniac]

It works if you have a limited number of links to redirect. Otherwise you should search specifically for vbulletin to xenforo redirect on the community.

Import notes: vBulletin | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

 

[RichDevman]

It works if you have a limited number of links to redirect. Otherwise you should search specifically for vbulletin to xenforo redirect on the community.

Import notes: vBulletin | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

I do not see any of those urls in the log, nor can I add them.

I have searched. That is how I came to find this thread. Thanks though.

And yes, I read that and did that when I first moved the site. I was under the impression that is was working but apparently it wasn't.