I wish to rewrite my forum urls from: 

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

is it possible...?

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Gauravk

yes

 

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

.htaccess

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

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

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/

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

try

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

you have ip.page and forum in subdirectory

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.

delete htacces i think second solution in acp is better

 

create url rewrite

Tried that as well already and not working.

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

try this

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

 

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

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/