404 / 301 Tool After Import Redirect on ImpEx imported forums

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hi Antonio,

You can try (right below 'RewriteEngine On'):

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} TID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_posts\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=thread&oldid=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} FID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_topics\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=forum&oldid=%1 [L]

[cionfs]

Hi,
I try to insert this line in my .htaccess and I've uploaded vbseo301.php but it doesn't work.

Where should I put my .htaccess and vbseo301.php file? In the old folder or in the new folder?

The old folder isn't redirect.

Example: http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum-d....asp?TID=42681

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hello Antonio,

Put your vbseo301.php file in your 'new folder' and create an .htaccess with the following content in your 'old folder':

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} TID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_posts\.asp$ http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/vbseo301.php?action=thread&oldid=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} FID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_topics\.asp$ http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/vbseo301.php?action=forum&oldid=%1 [L]

[cionfs]

Hi,
I've followed the instruction but it doesn't work. :(

Could it be caused by the DNS change?

[Brian Cummiskey]

Did you change domains as well? this is designed for the 'same' site.

[cionfs]

Hi Brian,

is the same domain. I've change the folder. Old folder "forum-dis1", new folder "forum".

I've also changed the DNS for the new hosting.

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hi Antonio,

There seems to be an issue with the .htaccess file in either your new "forum/" directory or your old "forum-dis1/" directory. I would discard the vbseo301.php file, as the following URL takes you to a new vBSEO'ed thread:

http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/v...ad&oldid=42681

What is the content of your .htaccess file in your 'forum/' folder?.

[cionfs]

Is this

suPHP_ConfigPath /var/www/vhosts/disabiliforum.com/httpdocs/forum/
<Files php.ini>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript application/x-httpd-php image/gif image/jpg image/png
<FilesMatch "\\.(js|css|html|htm|php|xml|png|jpg|gif)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} TID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_posts\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=thread&oldurl=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} FID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_topics\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=forum&oldurl=%1 [L] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.disabiliforum\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]


# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
RewriteBase /forum/


RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Must I remove this?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} TID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_posts\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=thread&oldurl=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} FID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum-dis1/forum_topics\.asp$ vbseo301.php?action=forum&oldurl=%1 [L] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.disabiliforum\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hi Antonio,

I've responded to your ticket. Please continue with me over there.

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Update: The following custom ruleset did the trick:

RewriteEngine On


RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} TID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum_posts\.asp http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/v...hread&oldid=%1 [L,R]


RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} FID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^forum_topics\.asp http://www.disabiliforum.com/forum/v...forum&oldid=%1 [L,R]

[cionfs]

Hi. I've a question.

Is a 301 redirect and not a 302 redirect?

I've used this tool Check Server Headers Tool - HTTP Status Codes Checker - Advanced Version CSH Bot V3S and there are a lot of 302 and not 301 redirect.

[Brian Cummiskey]

depending on the format, it may 302 first to the look up url, then 301 to the true destination. It shouldn't double 301.

[cionfs]

Is possible to do a direct 301?

[Brian Cummiskey]

In some cases, yes, but if a look up needs to happen, like it does here, then no. It needs to load the old url, 302 to vbseo.php?PARAMS with the params in tact, and then does the 301 to /some-nice-url-123/ as the destination.

[katoona]

For the given smf rewrite rule,

it works for
www.smf-url.com/index.php?board=111.0
www.smf-url.com/index.php?topic=111.0
www.smf-url.com/index.php?topic=111.0.msg222.0


Can anyone help me how can i add more rules to also include the following redirect.

www.smf-url.com/index.php/board,111.0.html
www.smf-url.com/index.php/topic,111.0.html
www.smf-url.com/index.php/topic,111.msg222.html


thanks.

Hello,

Please try:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} board,([0-9\.]+)\.html
RewriteRule index\.php vbseo301.php?action=forum&oldid=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} topic,([0-9\.]+)\.html
RewriteRule index\.php vbseo301.php?action=thread&oldid=%1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} topic,[0-9\.?]+\.msg([0-9]+)\.html
RewriteRule index\.php vbseo301.php?action=post&oldid=%1 [L]

I think it should work.

This did not work for me, but the following worked:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} index\.php/board,([0-9\.]+)\.html
RewriteRule index\.php http://www.xxx.xxx/forum/vbseo301.ph...forum&oldid=%1 [L]

In the link: www.smf-url.com/index.php/board,111.0.html the index.php? is replaced by index.php/ and therefore it is not a query string anymore, and hence the request_url.

It works for me, but can anybody verify that this is correct, and that it won't cause any "side-effects"?

All my old links (boards, topics) are getting redirected perfectly.

Should there perhaps be a [R=301,L] instead of a [L]?