View Full Version : Links to my site can't be accessed
start2008
06-29-2011, 03:34 PM
Hi there,
I transferred my site from one host to another. The problem is missing my site links after transferring as those links were referred to www.example.com/forums/??????????, while after transferring I don't have any /forums directory at my /home directory.
That means all my old posts can't be accessed except I remove /forums from the address.
Is there any way to restore those links to be accessed with the new hostname without /forums directory?
Thanks!
BirdOPrey5
06-29-2011, 03:43 PM
In your Admin CP > vbulletin options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details
Check that the Forum URL you have entered is still correct for the new server.
start2008
06-29-2011, 03:51 PM
In your Admin CP > vbulletin options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details
Check that the Forum URL you have entered is still correct for the new server.
Thanks BirdOPrey,
The forum url in options shows /forums at the end while now I don't have that directory in my /home directory.
I tried to change the url to meet my new server path which is the same as www.example.net but also an old posts can't be accessed and take me to a not found page.
Thanks!
BirdOPrey5
06-29-2011, 04:29 PM
Can you PM me a link to your forum? (or post it here.)
LifesGreatestGift
06-29-2011, 09:29 PM
Check .htaccess settings and Friendly URL settings.
start2008
07-05-2011, 04:09 PM
Check .htaccess settings and Friendly URL settings.
I got my old .htaccess file which shows:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://egyptianoasis.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://egyptianoasis.net$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.egyptianoasis.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.egyptianoasis.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(avi|mpg|pdf|chm|zip|rar)$ - [F,NC]
RedirectMatch ^/$ http://www.egyptianoasis.net/forums/index.php
Now, I want to redirect all my old thread's Links from http://www.egyptianoasis.net/forums/?????? to open as http://www.egyptianoasis.net/???????? (without /forums)
example:
old link (not working now): http://www.egyptianoasis.net/forums/showthread.php?t=409
(The same link is working when delete /forums from address), you can check here: http://www.egyptianoasis.net/showthread.php?t=409
Thanks!
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