redirect question

[mally]

Hello

I've transfered my forum from IPB to Vbulletin, and I'm trying to set up my htaccess file however I can't get it to 301 to my new urls.

I've got a list of old and new, just need to work out what to put in the .htaccess

Can anyone advise? (the links below are correct just doesn't work lol)

Example

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Redirect 301 /index.php?showtopic=2 http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/1-Welcome
Redirect 301 /index.php?showtopic=3 http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/2-Welcome-to-the-forum
Redirect 301 /index.php?showtopic=4 http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/3-Spoons
Redirect 301 /index.php?showtopic=5 http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/4-Hello-from-Bubbly

 

[dta]

Never done it that way - don't think that could ever work when using parameters (happy to be proven wrong).

Here's what I do when dealing with parameters (anything after the ?) - use modrewrites and then the type of redirect after in [ ] i.e.

RewriteRule ^what to redirect$ http://where to go? [L,R=301]

 

[mally]

Thanks for your help and reply, could you give me an example of the line using my code above please/

 

[dta]

try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index.php?showtopic=2$ http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/1-Welcome [L,R=301]

or if that doesn't pass through the params try with this:
RewriteRule ^index.php?showtopic=2$ http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/1-Welcome [QSA,R=301]

 

[mally]

Thanks again for your help. I tried both versions but still nothing is working (

 

[dta]

what happens when you tried the above?

another way is to do this:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /index.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^showtopic=2$
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/1-Welcome [L,R=301]

if that still fails you've nearly reached the end of my htaccess knowledge

 

[mally]

what happens when you tried the above?

another way is to do this:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /index.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^showtopic=2$
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.fibro.org.uk/threads/1-Welcome [L,R=301]

if that still fails you've nearly reached the end of my htaccess knowledge

this appears to have worked thanks very much!

 

[dta]

no worries - glad i could help you sort it out