[Forum] Moved forum directories - need to fix URLs

[JackieChun]

Our forum directory has been changed from /forum to root, and now old thread URLs are broken. Should that be fixed through .htaccess or is there a better way?

[zascok]

Admincp --> Site URL

[JackieChun]

I'm talking about a solution that will preserve existing hard links from other sites.

[zascok]

htaccess 301 redirect the best you can do afaik

[JackieChun]

Do you know which rules I should use? This is my current .htaccess

RewriteEngine on


ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.php  
ErrorDocument 403 /error/403.php


rewritecond %{http_host} ^myforum.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.myforum.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

[zascok]

In your case( if you had in myforum.com/forum) it should look like this

rewritecond %{http_host} ^myforum.com/forum [nc] 
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.myforum.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

[JackieChun]

That code takes all old links to the home page.

[JackieChun]

Anyone else know the right way to formulate the rewrites?