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301 redirect - after forum name change?

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    Question 301 redirect - after forum name change?

    I recently changed one of my forum names as it was outdated and no longer relevant.

    I changed from:

    hostcompanies.com/forums/advertising-methods/
    to
    hostcompanies.com/forums/online-marketing/

    I actually thought they would automatically redirect on a 301 but when i tested the old links i got a 404 page.

    Is there any way to make VBSEO redirect the old forum name to the new one (including all posts and threads)?
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    If you had the forum-ID in there before and after, it would redirect automatically.
    I look back on this thread when trying to figure out 301's
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    Please use the following code within Custom Redirects module inside vBSEO Cp

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    '^old-forum-name/(.+)$' => 'new-forum-name/$1'
    '^old-forum-name/$' => 'new-forum-name/'
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    Mert - thanks for the help but maybe i am doing something wrong?

    I tried the following but it created an error on the forums.

    Code:
    '^advertising-methods/(.+)$' => 'online-marketing/$1'
    '^advertising-methods/$' => 'online-marketing/'

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    Anyone else got any ideas?

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    Hello, those should be working (i just re-tested it on my dev site).

    Make sure you are using the custom REDIRECT box, not the custom REWRITE rules box.

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