Help Redirecting Custom Urls with vBSEO.

Hi,

I need help redirecting custom URLS with vBSEO.

Example
site.com/1 to site.com/2

How do I go about doing this utilizing the vBSEO redirecting feature?

Thanks.

Hello ,

You can use vBSEO built in Custom Redirect Module to achieve this

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

Hello ,

You can use vBSEO built in Custom Redirect Module to achieve this

Thanks Mert.

I know I can do this, but the problem is I don't know how. The instructions are a little confusing. Can you provide an example code to which I can just copy and paste?

"1" and "2" are very generic and any rule for it will just redirect EVERYTHING to '2'.

Hello,

The syntax is pretty easy to follow compared to common PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions). In a line there are two sides, and both of them are regex (regular expressions). The first one is the one that will 'catch' any request that does match with the patterns on it, and the second one is the resulting string of the matching pattern.

An example would be:

Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt

Hey guys,

I wanna redirect this URL:

http://www.vbseo.com/members/chuta/

to:

http://www.vbseo.com/members/andres-duran-hewitt/

How do I do that?

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello,

It is quite simple you can use the following Custom Redirect:

'^members/chuta/$' => 'members/andres-duran-hewitt/'

It is a simple example, but you can build also Custom Redirects using some patterns. Learn more at: Syntax for Custom Rewrite Rules

Thanks for replying.

Though I still can't seem to find the answer. According to the guide given, I need an existing "page" already implemented within the software to redirect a url.

What if I want to just direct a non existent page to one of my forums?


Example...

Code:

site.com/nonexistentpage to site.com/forums

Code:

'^noneexistentpage' => 'forums'

The above doesn't seem to be working for me.

a nonexistant page should 404, and hit a 404 page......

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

a nonexistant page should 404, and hit a 404 page......

Hey Brian

Is there anyway to redirect a nonexisting page to an existing page rather than 404 page?
I'm trying to create memorable urls.

Example:
site.com/nonexistentpage will redirect to "site.com/targettedforum

Code:

'^noneexistentpage' => 'targettedforum'

In that case, just use a custom redirect as you have above.

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

In that case, just use a custom redirect as you have above.

BRIAN THANK YOU! It worked!

I was using it in the "Custom Rewrite" section.

Much appreciated help!

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

Hello ,

You can use vBSEO built in Custom Redirect Module to achieve this

Just sayin'

glad you got it in the right place now

Originally Posted by profanitytalker

I was using it in the "Custom Rewrite" section.

It happens often here