XF 1.1 xenforo with ipb and vBulletin redirects

[Adam Howard]

So I've come over a new setup

XenForo fully established, importing both IPB and vBulletin

Needs to keep current and future xenforo links, but also preserve past IPB and vBulletin links.

How would one apply that?

 

[Adam Howard]

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-invision-power-board-3-1-x-3-2-x.265/

That takes care of the IPB side of things.

Need to figure out how to do the redirect with just htaccess though for the vBulletin side of things.

 

[Jake Bunce]

You can use these scripts for vB:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.264/

You just need to edit the two 301config.php files for both sets of redirects to point to the different import log tables (assuming you saved both of them).

 

[Adam Howard]

You can use these scripts for vB:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redirection-scripts-for-vbulletin-3-x.264/

You just need to edit the two 301config.php files for both sets of redirects to point to the different import log tables (assuming you saved both of them).

I personally didn't do this import. Someone else did and no, they dumped the import logs

So I'm trying to find a generic way to do the redirect via htaccess. I'm sure it will not be 100%, but better than nothing.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I personally didn't do this import. Someone else did and no, they dumped the import logs

So I'm trying to find a generic way to do the redirect via htaccess. I'm sure it will not be 100%, but better than nothing.

Did they select the option to preserve the source ids when importing from vB? If yes then raw rewrite rules are possible. Example:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/imported-a-test-run-now-need-a-clean-start.30889/#post-353043

 

[Adam Howard]

Did they select the option to preserve the source ids when importing from vB? If yes then raw rewrite rules are possible. Example:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/imported-a-test-run-now-need-a-clean-start.30889/#post-353043

I don't think that was an option considering they already had an established XenForo.

 

[Adam Howard]

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|\?)([0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)
    RewriteRule showthread\.php /forum/showthread.php?t=%2 [R=301,L]

May simply be the best option for the vBulletin side of things.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I don't think that was an option considering they already had an established XenForo.

Then redirects are not possible without the import log in the database.

 

[Adam Howard]

Then redirects are not possible without the import log in the database.

That's puzzling. It's possible the other way around (import out of xenforo into something else). Why is it required for xenforo?

 

[Jake Bunce]

The import log is required for redirects if the ids are different. If the ids are the same then you can use plain rewrite rules without an import log.