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Moved from phpBB to vB

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by dakar, Mar 5, 2006.

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    Okay after getting frustrated applying mod after mod to my phpBB based forums I bit the bullet and purchased vB, migration actually wasn't too horrible.

    Now comes the part that could have used some forethought; All indexed pages are in the /viewtopic.php?t=xxxx format, vB's are in /showthread.php?t=xxxx

    Would it be a bad thing to add a mod_rewrite to change viewtopic.php to showtopic.php at least until the new forums get spidered so the cached info is still available?

    Any suggestions on the cleanest way possible to actually write the rule?
     
    dakar, Mar 5, 2006 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Did the threads migrate with the same IDs from phpBB to vBulletin?
     
    digitalpoint, Mar 5, 2006 IP
  3. dakar

    dakar Active Member

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    Must be getting a little wiser, before I opened my big mouth and said yes I rechecked a few more, must have gotten lucky with the first one that I tried.... it appears some do and some don't.

    I knew this would have to be a PITA.
     
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    vord Peon

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    I set up 301 redirects. Doesn't take too long if you export the table from the database containing the old and new thread (or post) numbers and use copy and paste in excel to make an htaccess file. A lightweight guide to it here:
    http://www.designerslobby.com/article.php?a=35
     
    vord, Mar 6, 2006 IP
  5. dakar

    dakar Active Member

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    Thanks for the info... another project to deal with...as if customizing vB wasn't enough... the differences between the two forums is huge... wish I'd started with vB instead... learned too many bad habbits with pnpBB.
     
    dakar, Mar 6, 2006 IP
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    which bad habbits dakar?
     
    Zapita, Mar 7, 2006 IP
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    Bad habbits, like just hacking on templates without having to check for variables that need to be populated.... vB does things very differently, some a lot better, and others are just an annoyance. Overall, money well spent.
     
    dakar, Mar 7, 2006 IP