Redirection Scripts for vBulletin 3.x 8.0

[eagle eyes]

@eagle eyes

Add to top of .htaccess file inside of /gallery:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^yoursite\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://yoursite.com/gallery/$1 [R=301,L]

It doesn't redirect.

 

[Jake Bunce]

It doesn't redirect.

What is your site URL?

 

[eagle eyes]

What is your site URL?

www.defence.pk/gallery/

 

[Jake Bunce]

www.defence.pk/gallery/

Sure enough. The rewrite isn't working.

Maybe it's implemented incorrectly or there is some other context that affects it. I can take a look if you give me FTP access to your server.

 

[eagle eyes]

Sure enough. The rewrite isn't working.

Maybe it's implemented incorrectly or there is some other context that affects it. I can take a look if you give me FTP access to your server.

Just sent a PC.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Just sent a PC.

I just added the code. It's working:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^defence\.pk$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://defence.pk/gallery/$1 [R=301,L]

 

[Marcel]

Thanks for this. However I've hit a little snag.

Our old vbulletin URL was .co.uk/forums
Xenforo is installed in the root of our site now, however ..... .co.uk/forums takes us to the XenForo index (.co.uk is the portal).

Therefore if I upload these files to a folder called /forums.....then I can no longer access our forums.

 

[eagle eyes]

Thanks for this. However I've hit a little snag.

Our old vbulletin URL was .co.uk/forums
Xenforo is installed in the root of our site now, however ..... .co.uk/forums takes us to the XenForo index (.co.uk is the portal).

Therefore if I upload these files to a folder called /forums.....then I can no longer access our forums.

To redirect you can't have a folder /forums.

Xenforo will direct forum area to /forums automatically as long as you have proper redirects.

 

[Marcel]

Yup. And therein lies my problem
How do I use these scripts to redirect my old vbulletin links?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Yup. And therein lies my problem
How do I use these scripts to redirect my old vbulletin links?

There are ways to work around this conflict. To know which one to use I need an example old and new URL of the same thread in both vB and XF. Then I can be certain about your redirects and provide exact instructions.

 

[Marcel]

That's brill. I've sent you a couple of comparison links by PC

 

[Marcel]

Hi @Jake Bunce , did you get anywhere with the redirects?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Hi @Jake Bunce , did you get anywhere with the redirects?

I got your PM. Very busy. Looking now.

 

[Marcel]

Cheers, appreciate it

 

[Marcel]

Jake, you're a diamond, that did the trick, thanks

 

[Marcel]

Edit : Completely ignore me, I thought this was an old user (I had the same error the other day and it was....)
This is a new user signed up today, so I'll look into it..

Ignore me!

 

[Brent W]

My archive urls are like this: http://www.v6mustang.com/archive/index.php/t-1495.html

They do not work with the current files.

 

[Jake Bunce]

My archive urls are like this: http://www.v6mustang.com/archive/index.php/t-1495.html

They do not work with the current files.

It works with a ?

http://www.v6mustang.com/archive/index.php?t-1495.html

This probably comes down to a difference in how your web server handles the request, because the archive/index.php script handles both types of URLs. A special rewrite might be needed to properly handle those URLs.

 

[Brent W]

It works with a ?

http://www.v6mustang.com/archive/index.php?t-1495.html

This probably comes down to a difference in how your web server handles the request, because the archive/index.php script handles both types of URLs. A special rewrite might be needed to properly handle those URLs.

Using nginx. Not having a fun time at all with it when it comes to redirects. Makes me miss apache.

 

[Brent W]

FWIW this is my nginx conf for that domain:

#301 redirect non-www to www
server {
    server_name  v6mustang.com;
    rewrite ^    http://www.v6mustang.com$request_uri? permanent;
}

server {
  server_name www.v6mustang.com;

# ngx_pagespeed & ngx_pagespeed handler
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeed.conf;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedhandler.conf;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/pagespeedstatslog.conf;

  # limit_conn limit_per_ip 16;
  # ssi  on;

  access_log /home/nginx/domains/v6mustang.com/log/access.log combined buffer=32k;
  error_log /home/nginx/domains/v6mustang.com/log/error.log;

  root /home/nginx/domains/v6mustang.com/public;

  location / {
index index.php index.html index.htm;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri&$args;
# block common exploits, sql injections etc
#include /usr/local/nginx/conf/block.conf;

  # Enables directory listings when index file not found
  #autoindex  on;

  # Shows file listing times as local time
  #autoindex_localtime on;

  # Enable for vBulletin usage WITHOUT vbSEO installed
  #try_files        / /index.php;

  }

  location /internal_data/ {
        internal;
}
location /library/ {
      internal;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
}

location /vb/ {
    rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f[\d]+/.+-([\d]+)/ /vb/showthread.php?t=$1 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/index([\d]+).html /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2 last;
    rewrite ^/vb/f([\d]+)/ /vb/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 last;
}

  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/drop.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/errorpage.conf;
}