Correcting internal forum links after removing VBSEO

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi guys

Not sure where to ask this question but here goes.

After removing VBSEO and upgrading from 4.1.12 to 4.2.3 I have an issue with internal links on the forum.

The old links that are on the forum are in this format.

http://myforumsname.co.uk/lg/15985-47lw450-service-user-manuals-firmware.html

The new links created since the upgrade and removal of VBSEO are in this format.

http://myforumsname.co.uk/showthread.php?15985-47LW450-service-user-manuals-firmware

Currently members are clicking on the old links that opens up a page that says Not Found
I have asked them to edit the URLs by removing the lg/ part and adding showthread.php? and then hit enter.
The links then works correctly.

Obviously this is a bit of a pain and I am wondering if there is a way to correct this issue before I move the forum over from the VPS to the new dedicated server I have.
I have basic friendly URL's set and wonder if this issue can be resolved with the mod rewrite feature with the correct rules in the .htaccess file.

Many thanks for any pointers.

[man1c]

Did you use any vbseo uninstall instructions?

I copied these from their site before it died - see the bit at the end about .htaccess redirects (it looks like you need the first one).

If you ever need to uninstall vBSEO , you can use the following instructions. Make sure you carefully follow each step.

1. Login to your vBSEO Cp and disable vBSEO
2. Login to your Admincp and Browse to Plugins & Products
3. Uninstall vBSEO product file , on the next step you'll be given 2 options
   • If you ever plan to install vBSEO on the same domain , choose Keep vBSEO data in Database
   • If you will not use vBSEO again choose Cleanup vBSEO Data
4. Delete all files include .htaccess from your server via ftp. You can find the list of files that needs to be deleted below.

Files that needs to be deleted

• admincp
  • admin_vbseo.php
• clientscript
  • vbseo_ajax.js
• images
  • vbseo
    • anchor.png
    • delicious.gif
    • digg.gif
    • facebook.gif
    • furl.gif
    • goto_linkbacks.gif
    • linkback.gif
    • linkback_about.gif
    • linkback_url.gif
    • mister-wong
    • pingback.gif
    • post_linkback.gif
    • reddit.gif
    • refback.gif
    • spurl.gif
    • technorati.gif
    • trackback.gif
• includes
  • cron
    • vbseo_serviceupdate.php
  • xml
    • bitfield_vbseo.xml
    • cpnav_vbseo.xml
    • vbseo_urls_001.xml
    • vbseo_urls_002.xml
    • vbseo_urls_003.xml
    • vbseo_urls_004.xml
    • vbseo_urls_005.xml
    • vbseo_urls_006.xml
    • vbseocp_deutsch (du).xml
    • vbseocp_deutsch (sie).xml
    • vbseocp_dutch.xml
    • vbseocp_english.xml
    • vbseocp_russian.xml
    • vbseocp_turkce.xml
  • functions_vbseo.php
  • functions_vbseo_cache.php
  • functions_vbseo_createurl.php
  • functions_vbseo_crr.php
  • functions_vbseo_db.php
  • functions_vbseo_hook.php
  • functions_vbseo_linkback.php
  • functions_vbseo_misc.php
  • functions_vbseo_pre.php
  • functions_vbseo_seo.php
  • functions_vbseo_startup.php
  • functions_vbseo_url.php
  • functions_vbseo_vb.php
  • md5_sums_crawlability_vbseo.php
• modcp
  • vbseo_moderate.php
• vbseo.php
• vbseocp.php
• vbseocpform.php
• .htaccess

After uninstallation you can also redirect your indexed content to original vBulletin urls. Please carefully check the rewrite rules and use the one that fits your current url structure. If your url structure isn't listed below please post a sample example so we can supply the correct rules.

If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadid-threadname.html use the following .htaccess
Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/([0-9]+)-[^/]+\.html [URL]http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1[/URL] [L,R=301]

If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadname-threadid.html use the following .htaccess
Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)\.html [URL]http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1[/URL] [L,R=301]

If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadname-threadid/ use the following .htaccess
Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ [URL]http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1[/URL] [L,R=301]

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
I did follow that procedure at the time, none of the rules at the bottom worked.
But guess what, I just tried again, the first rule as that fits my scenario and it has solved the problem.
More tests to perform but it is looking good so far.
Many thanks for making me try again.

[Adiga Abdulsalam]

Hello

I had a different combination of links
I've been using this arrangement

forums/forumforum-id/tthread-id.html


How can I fix links? I use the version 5.6

Yhanks