Redirector plugin: Not work on clean 2.6.3 installation with imported vbulletin 3.8 forum

zaja

Hi,
I'm not sure do I have any extra step to do after plugin installation?
It seems that not work for me, clean 2.6.3 installation with imported vbulletin 3.8 forum (about 1 million posts and 500k private messages.)

Old links, such as showthread.php?p=1290045 or forumdisplay.php?f=117 open Page not found.

Thanks

R_J

I wouldn't see a reason why it shouldn't be working. Are you sure it is enabled? Sometimes users have write protected config.php files and therefore enabling a plugin fails.

R_J

There is a newer version of that plugin available, but from a quick look at the differences, I couldn't make out anything that should have an impact on that vbulletin redirection.
But you can nevertheless try it: https://github.com/vanilla/addons/tree/release/2.6/plugins/Redirector

That plugin is a very fine way to get started with an imported forum, but I would consider doing the redirect task on the server side by using appropriat Apache RewriteRules. I guess this would be more efficient.

zaja

Tested on live web hosting server and localhost, latest Redirector plugin installed from github, config.php is updated automatically with $Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Redirector'] = true;.
Right now I'm testing on localhost and the same story, can't get any useful redirection:
For example old forum link:
http://www.poljoprivredni-forum.com/showthread.php?p=1292143

on test forum open:
http://localhost/vanilla/showthread.php?p=1292143

K17

Kinda late but it can help.

To make Forum Redirector work you have to uncomment two lines in your htaccess:

   ####
   # Prevent access to any php script by redirecting the request to /index.php
   # You can add an exception by adding another RewriteCond after this one.
   # Example: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/yourscriptname.php$
   # You can comment out this section if it causes you problems.
   # This is just a nice to have for security purposes.
   ####
   #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index.php$
   #RewriteRule (.+\.php) [E=X_REWRITE:1,E=X_PATH_INFO:/$1,L]