Remove Redirect to /content

[GoneBushX]

Same Problem with 4.2.1; I want to simply rename URL/content/ to URL/articles/ (all installed in root)
I added this to htaccess to no avail, must be internal??- RewriteRule ^articles/.* content.php [QSA]

[RichieBoy67]

This is very old but relevant. How is this done now with 4.2?

[rossco_2005]

Do you run into the following bug when paginating?

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10876

Yes same issue, I will go back to using my hack.

[azzurro]

I just found the proper solution, forget about that plugin I've now disabled it and got what I want.
In admincp -> settings -> options -> content management:
Set "Point CMS default to index.php" to "yes"
Set "Site Tab URL" to "" (blank).

Do you run into the following bug when paginating?

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10876

[rossco_2005]

I just found the proper solution, forget about that plugin I've now disabled it and got what I want.
In admincp -> settings -> options -> content management:
Set "Point CMS default to index.php" to "yes"
Set "Site Tab URL" to "" (blank).

[rossco_2005]

Reading this thread really frustrated me. This is a problem with vBulletin, and the customer support is trying to blame the end user.
The reason it is doing this is because the default script is 'content.php'. When using friendly URLs, this becomes just 'content/'.
So the default path becomes site.com/content/

Here is a hack to fix this (imo) bug:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/368840-Stop-CMS-redirecting-to-content

The final plugin (@ init_startup) is:

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/')
{
    $vbulletin->options['friendlyurl_canonical'] = 0;
}  
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/content/')
{
    exec_header_redirect('/', 301);
} 

I have been using it for months now and it has worked perfectly.

[federosky]

Hi all,
I believe that there is an internal redirection.
You won't be able to remove the 'content' string of the URL, unless you put hands into vBulletin core classes.
Pitty!
I've been trying to achieve the same for 3 hours, with no luck!

Cheers!

[David Karol]

You will need to edit your rewrite rules to how you wish them.

Trevor,

It seems that there are a lot of people with the issue.

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-10876?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel

Would you be able to write a tutorial on how to do so?

[Trevor Hannant]

You will need to edit your rewrite rules to how you wish them.

[postah]

Having the same issue. Did anyone find a solution?

[David Karol]

You don't have vBSEO installed do you?

vBSEO will change the CMS to /content/

Nope, it's being done with the .htaccess file provided with vBulletin.

[Dirt Bike Addict]

You don't have vBSEO installed do you?

vBSEO will change the CMS to /content/

[David Karol]

Which pages?

Everything.

[Steve Machol]

Which pages?

[David Karol]

Then remove that. The purpose of the htaccess file is to redirect, which I am saying is the issue.

When mod_rewrite SEO URLs are turned on, and I remove the htaccess file, I can't see the pages though.