To change the title of a forum or post

[galerio]

For forum category and post, I use the [forum-name]-[forum-id] and [post-name]-[post-id] in the url settings.

But when me or other users change the title of a post, also the url is changed to the new title.

What I'm asking is:

is the old url redirected to the new url with a 301 redirect?

Because if I have to change the name of a forum category, every link within it will be lost.

Can you tell me what is the behaviour of vBSEO with this situation?

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hello,

As you are using id's, vBSEO does 301 redirect those URLs automatically for thread URLs. If you are going to change the name of a sub-forum, you must set up a 301 redirect via .htaccess or a Custom Redirect within the vBSEO CP.

Say you have a forum called "Introductions" and its URL is:

http://www.yoursite.com/forum/introductions-1/

If you change it to "Introduce yourself", its URL obviously will change:

http://www.yoursite.com/forum/introduce-yourself-1/

vBSEO doesn't redirect automatically those URLs, so you will need to add a Custom Redirect within the vBSEO CP to avoid losing incoming traffic from that URL:

'^introductions-1/(.*)$' => 'introduce-yourself-1/$1'

[galerio]

I'm a bit confused.
You say that vBSEO automatically redirect becaus of the [forum-id] or [post-id] I have in the url, but then you say opposite thing.

I don't use forum-path in url, so the example:

mysite.com/forum/first-section-1/

when I change the name of the forum, as you have said, vBSEO will automatically redirect the old url.

If that forum has a subforum named "first-subforum" my url results:

mysite.com/forum/first-subforum-2/

and not

mysite.com/forum/first-section-1/first-subforum-2/

So, in wich of theese two cases I have to manually set the 301 redirect and in wich vBSEO do the job automatically?

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Apologies for the confusion.

vBSEO does perform the 301 redirect for thread URLs only.

vBSEO doesn't perform the 301 redirect for forum URLs. In this case you'll need to set a Custom Redirect to avoid loosing incoming traffic.

If that forum has a subforum named "first-subforum" my url results:

mysite.com/forum/first-subforum-2/

and not

mysite.com/forum/first-section-1/first-subforum-2/

So, in wich of theese two cases I have to manually set the 301 redirect and in wich vBSEO do the job automatically?

In both cases you'll need to manually set the 301 redirect. You can use a Custom Redirect like the example I gave above:

'^introductions-1/(.*)$' => 'introduce-yourself-1/$1'

[galerio]

Thanks and sorry, it was my mistake, I haven't read your post with attention.
It's all ok now.

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

I'm glad to hear that! .

[galerio]

You said to use '^introductions-1/(.*)$' => 'introduce-yourself-1/$1' to make a redirect when I change a forum url... but now that I have changed one of them, I have addedd that CRR and I get a blank "Page not found".

So I have disabled that CRR and magically the old url is automatically redirected to the new one...
The old url was

http://www.1e2.it/forum/nexus500-nexus2tv-altri-53/

and the new one is

http://www.1e2.it/forum/nexus500-nexus2tv-nexus-mr6000-53/

The CRR I have added was

'^nexus500-nexus2tv-altri-53/(.*)$' => 'nexus500-nexus2tv-nexus-mr6000-53/$1'

Is this a normal behaviour? The auto-redirect is a 301 regular redirect?

Thanks

[Brian Cummiskey]

Not a CRR, a CR (custom redirect, not a custom rewrite rule).
You're in the wrong spot. Next menu down.

[galerio]

Ok, thanks, but the question now is: VBSEO does automatic redirect of also forum url when I change it, so there is no reason to add a custom redirect, is this a known function??
Then I'd like to know now if it is better to add that CR anyway or not. All I want is to avoid server load, so, please, tell me the best way to do it.

[Brian Cummiskey]

Threads auto re-direct.
forumdisplay does not, hence the need for the above rule.

[galerio]

....so, who is autoredirecting the old url of forumdisplay? I haven't set the custom redirect and the old url redirects fine to the new one.... try yourself:

Media Player Networked - Nexus500, Nexus2TV, Nexus MR6000 su 1e2.it

Mystery

[Andrés Durán Hewitt]

Hi,

There was a small confusion. They *do* redirect if you change their name only (provided [forum_id] var is used in the URL format), but they *don't* redirect if you change the URL format, for example from "[forum_title]-[forum_id]/" to "[forum_title]-[forum_id].html"

[bodybuildingflix]

Hello,

As you are using id's, vBSEO does 301 redirect those URLs automatically for thread URLs. If you are going to change the name of a sub-forum, you must set up a 301 redirect via .htaccess or a Custom Redirect within the vBSEO CP.

Say you have a forum called "Introductions" and its URL is:

http://www.yoursite.com/forum/introductions-1/

If you change it to "Introduce yourself", its URL obviously will change:

http://www.yoursite.com/forum/introduce-yourself-1/

vBSEO doesn't redirect automatically those URLs, so you will need to add a Custom Redirect within the vBSEO CP to avoid losing incoming traffic from that URL:

'^introductions-1/(.*)$' => 'introduce-yourself-1/$1'

I want to do this i.e. change the name of a subforum.

mysite.com/forum/mens-health-forum/ --> mysite.com/forum/testosterone-replacement-therapy/

I understand i need to definie custom rewrite rules:

'^mens-health-forum/(.*)$' => 'testosterone-replacement-therapy/$1'

However, I just recent redirected my entire forum to a new domain. Will creating additional too many redirects cause any problems?

[Mert Gökçeimam]

Of course it will create problems , that is the main reason we always suggest not to update rewrite rules.

[bodybuildingflix]

Of course it will create problems , that is the main reason we always suggest not to update rewrite rules.

Is there a way to change the name of the sub-forum without affecting URL?