Possible to rewrite old url's ?

piotrnl

Hi,

After converting from phpbb to vanilla the links users posted on phpbb to other topics no longer work because the url has changed. Is it possible to fix this with a rewrite rule ? (I'm on Apache). URL's look like this:

OLD: http://www.audi-a2.nl/cc-hendel-plaatsen-voor-een-1-2tdi-3l-t3174.html
NEW: http://www.audi-a2.nl/discussion/3174/cc-hendel-plaatsen-voor-een-1-2tdi-3l

Thanks for your input !

x00

RewriteRule ^(.*?)-t([0-9]+)\.html$ discussion/$2/$1 [L]

x00

You may want to use [R=301] instead of [L]

piotrnl

Thanks @x00 that was beyond my grep knowledge. Both links now lead to the correct page. Thanks.

piotrnl

Why is that @x00 ? When I make that change I get a "page not found"

Bleistivt

It's probably clashing with other rewrite rules. Try both: [R=301,L]

piotrnl

This is my .htaccess. I'm not to familiar with Apache. When I add the suggested R=301 I get a page not found.

`# Modified

RewriteEngine On

# Certain hosts may require the following line.

# If vanilla is in a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /.

# (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum)

# RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(.*?)-t([0-9]+).html$ discussion/$2/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L]

`

x00

RewriteRule ^(.*?)-t([0-9]+).html$ %{REQUEST_SCHEME}://%{HTTP_HOST}/discussion/$2/$1 [L, R=301]

peregrine

also, you may have another issue. What folder is your forum in? by removing the # on RewriteBase line

if so read this

# (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum)

# RewriteBase /

and change accordingly. e.g.

if in root folder

RewriteBase /

if in vanilla

RewriteBase /vanilla

if forum is located in /Sometherfolder

RewriteBase /Sometherfolder

piotrnl

My forum is root @peregrine hence the # ;-)