301 redirect - after forum name change?

[googledave]

I recently changed one of my forum names as it was outdated and no longer relevant.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

[Brandon Sheley]

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
Changing Domains: Directing Old Site to the New Site with htaccess

[Mert Gökçeimam]

Please use the following code within Custom Redirects module inside vBSEO Cp

'^old-forum-name/(.+)$' => 'new-forum-name/$1'
'^old-forum-name/$' => 'new-forum-name/'

[googledave]

Mert - thanks for the help but maybe i am doing something wrong?

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

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

[googledave]

Anyone else got any ideas?

[Brian Cummiskey]

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.