301 redirect need help please

[goxy63]

Hi

My forums are moved from /forums folder to a root, I will do mod rewrite...in short I need 301 redirect from here, example:
http://www.mysite.com//forums/showthread.php?33-threadname

To here:
http://www.mysite.com/threads/33-threadname


Can one write redirect code for this link/s above and I will menage the rest somehow... I really would not like to loose these few indexed pages

Thank you very much

[Lynne]

This should help - https://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/242/How+do+I+redirect+my+site+using+a+.htaccess+file%3 F

[goxy63]

anyone sample for 301 redirect as menytioned above, please...I did try +100 different ways from many articles over net it does not help me as lack of my knowledge with 301 ...I just cant find right code for me

Yes I can do 301 thread by thread that is simple enough even for me, but I should do this for +1000 threads omg ?

On other hand looks like VB .htaccess code supports this [if you do mod rewrite like I did] by default, if forums are in folder,
but mine are in root, that is really ...