How to rewrite forum urls?

[Gauravk]

I wish to rewrite my forum urls from: 

• /forum/8-audi-forum/
• to
• /forum/audi/

is it possible...?

[ayuki]

yes

 

[Gauravk]

Can you please tell me how? I am desperately looking for a solution for rewriting w/o numbers

[ayuki]

.htaccess

RewriteRule ^/forum/audi/ /forum/8-audi-forum/ [R=301]

or acp=>system=>advanced configuration=>friendly url

[Gauravk]

Thanks Ayuki, I have edited htaccess but this url: https://carnity.com/forum/8-audi-forum/ is not redirecting to https://carnity.com/forum/audi/

[ayuki]

Redirect permanent /forum/8-audi-forum/  https://carnity.com/forum/audi/

try

[Gauravk]

Thanks for helping, now page is redirecting but showing page not found  Error code: 2T187/2

[ayuki]

you have ip.page and forum in subdirectory

[Gauravk]

Yes I have IP Pages and not sure about forum in subdirectory, this /forum is existing since I first installed IPB 2 years back before adding the IP Pages. It's the default option for forum.

[ayuki]

delete htacces i think second solution in acp is better

 

create url rewrite

[Gauravk]

Tried that as well already and not working.

[Gauravk]

This is the by default option showing in ACP. Tried your suggestion and it didnt work.

[Adlago]

try this

//301 Redirect Entire Directory
RedirectMatch 301 https://carnity.com/forum/8-audi-forum/(.*) https://carnity.com/forum/audi//$1
 

 

[Gauravk]

Thanks Adlago for helping. I tried your suggestion and got Internal Server Error immediately.

[Adlago]

1. Create new friendly url

- In the field of Friendly Url write audi

- In the field of Real Url write

app=forums&module=forums&controller=forums&id=8-audi-forum

Save

2. Now address

https://carnity.com/forum/audi/

will work.

3. Enter in the htaccess what @ayuki said

Redirect permanent /forum/8-audi-forum/  https://carnity.com/forum/audi/