Changed forum name, how to redirect all

[Kwak]

Hi,

I've changed a few forum names using vbseo. Is there a method to put a redirect for all visitors and bots so when they visit vbseo.com/forumOLD/, everyone would be redirected to the new URL vbseo.com/forumNEW/.

Thank you.

[Keith Cohen]

Forum Rename

[Kwak]

Thanks Keith

[Keith Cohen]

In .htaccess, right after RewriteEngine On

[Kwak]

Hmmm...

I've added RewriteRule ^forum-feedback/(.*)$ feedback/$1 [L,R=301] in the Custom Rewrite Rules but the redirect does not work.

Where do you add the codes?


edit: just saw your posts, trying it out.

[Kwak]

I downloaded the .htaccess file, added

RewriteRule ^forum-feedback/(.*)$ feedback/$1 [L,R=301]

at the end of the file, saved it, and reuploaded overwriting old file in Binary mode.


I retyped the old ULR ..../forum-feedback/ but no redirection.

[Keith Cohen]

Don't add it at the end, add it right below RewriteEngine On like I noted.

And .htaccess is an ASCII file; no need for binary mode on that one.

[Kwak]

I've added the above codes just below RewriteEngine On.

But when I type in the old URL, browser redirects me to http://www.calpolyonline.com/home/se...rums/feedback/

[Keith Cohen]

Did you uncomment the Rewritebase line in .htaccess?

[Kwak]

Did you uncomment the Rewritebase line in .htaccess?

Yeah.

# 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
RewriteRule ^forum-feedback/(.*)$ feedback/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^off-campus/(.*)$ offsite-campus/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^on-campus/(.*)$ onsite-campus/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^rules-tou/(.*)$ rules/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^cpo-central/(.*)$ central-category/$1 [L,R=301] 

[Keith Cohen]

Up at the top there should be a line that has Rewritebase on it. Try uncommenting that line. (Remove the # from in front of it.)

[Kwak]

After doing that and typing in the old URL, it redirects me to the new URL without the forums/ in the URL (i.e. redirected to www.calpolyonline.com/feedback/ instead of www.calpolyonline.com/forums/feedback/)

And the forum shows a blank 404 page.
Typing i

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Set it to:

RewriteBase /forums/

[Kwak]

Thank you both. It works.