The extra cgi files for redirecting to vb when your site used to be ubb......

[TechTalk]

I have heard about a set of scripts that will redirect the user to the vb forums if you once had ubb on your site. I would imagine these are just named the same as the ubb scripts and they redirect to the vb directory.....

Does anyone have them, and / or know where I can get them?

[Chris Schreiber]

Actually I just did this with an .htaccess file, just put this in your ubb and ubbcgi directories:

Redirect / http://www.mydomain.com/forums

Works well for me.

-Chris

[TechTalk]

But i guess what im looking for is a cgi script that will say something like:

"The forums have been moved to http://www.extremeforums.com/forums Please update your bookmarks / favorites.

You will be redirected in 10 seconds.........."

If I was any good @ perl I could just throw together a script that output an html page with meta refresh but since im not , i have no clue where to start :(

~Chris
http://www.extremeforums.com

[JimF]

With the .htaccess, it eliminates the need for a file like that. For example, take a look at:

http://www.bronx-bombers.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi
http://www.baseballboards.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi

Both of those foward to a vB.

I don't see the need for telling visitors that they are going there, since they probably want to go there - and don't care how.

-jim

[TechTalk]

I dont like to build lazy users. :D

~Chris