404 not found when deleting threads..

[lsti]

Hello, i am using custom rewrite url's provided by vBulletin.

My forums are located in the forums directory.

So, when ever i delete (physically remove) a thread, it results in 404 not found. Other than that the rules work fine.

This is my actual url..

www.myurl.com/forums/forums/56-General

When i delete a therad from this section, i am taken to

www.myurl.com/forums/56-General

Which results in a 404 not found, guess the default ones have some issues if the url is in the forums folder.


RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/

# If you are having problems with the rewrite from content/ to content.php, uncomment this line to turn MultiViews off.
# Options -MultiViews

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]

# Check MVC result
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [R=404,L]




Any help would be appreciated.

Regards.

[ForceHSS]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=309415&highlight=404+error
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281410&highlight=404+error

I also have this at the bottom of my htaccess
ErrorDocument 400 /400.php
ErrorDocument 401 /401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /500.php

[lsti]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=309415&highlight=404+error
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281410&highlight=404+error

I also have this at the bottom of my htaccess
ErrorDocument 400 /400.php
ErrorDocument 401 /401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /500.php

Thanks but i think you have mis understood my question. When we delete a thread, we should be directed to forum display right? but mine is taking to 404 not found. Check the url's i posted.

[ForceHSS]

And the above should fix the problem

[Jain Farstrider]

I assume it is safe to do so in my case but am I able to put in below the rewrite engine in my .htaccess? Just mildly concerned since I assume that rewrite in my .htaccess is regarded as custom and thus I cannot use the plugin from ForceHSS's reply post.

I guess it works the same as additional .css which you can put in as many diffrent snippets as you need?

ErrorDocument 400 /400.php
ErrorDocument 401 /401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /500.php

[lsti]

And the above should fix the problem

I tried this but it didn't fix the problem.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281410&highlight=404+error


Since i am on 5.3, i haven't tried the other one.

[lsti]

BUMP!!

[ForceHSS]

I tried this but it didn't fix the problem.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281410&highlight=404+error


Since i am on 5.3, i haven't tried the other one.

Are you using vb5? Also the site link u have in the first post no forums are installed on it

[lsti]

Are you using vb5? Also the site link u have in the first post no forums are installed on it

No, i am on vb4.2.2. I meant the PHP version 5.3.0

yes, that's just an example url.

[Seven Skins]

Try this ...

Edit htaccess file From
# RewriteBase /forum/

To

RewriteBase /forum/


Edit forum to forums if needed.

.

[lsti]

Try this ...

Edit htaccess file From
# RewriteBase /forum/

To

RewriteBase /forum/


Edit forum to forums if needed.

.

Thanks but still same error.

Not Found

The requested URL /forums/56-General was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[lsti]

Well, is there any one to assist me with this?

Thanks.

[Seven Skins]

Link to your site will help.

There might be a confilct from the htaccess file above your forums folder.
You may try this soultion (it may or may not work) ... to the htaccess file in forums folder, add the code below to the first line.

RewriteEngine Off

Your htaccess file should start like this:


RewriteEngine Off

RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/

[Lynne]

If your forums are really in a directory called /forums/forums/, then the RewriteBase would be:

RewriteBase /forums/forums/

[lsti]

Link to your site will help.

There might be a confilct from the htaccess file above your forums folder.
You may try this soultion (it may or may not work) ... to the htaccess file in forums folder, add the code below to the first line.

RewriteEngine Off

Your htaccess file should start like this:


RewriteEngine Off

RewriteEngine on

# If you are having problems or are using VirtualDocumentRoot, uncomment this line and set it to your vBulletin directory.
# RewriteBase /forum/




I even tried removing the htaccess file in the root folder and tried your suggestions. But no luck.

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If your forums are really in a directory called /forums/forums/, then the RewriteBase would be:

RewriteBase /forums/forums/


My forums are in the forum directory.

/forums

After the url rewrite it turns to /forums/forums/

I think if we can get rid of the forums rewrite, we can fix this.

Also i tried commenting out this but resulted in 404 not found error, when i open a forum category but threads work fine.

RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]

[Lynne]

My forums are in the forum directory.

/forums


Then it needs to say:

RewriteBase /forums/

(not RewriteBase /forum/ or RewriteBase /forums/forums/)

[lsti]

Then it needs to say:

RewriteBase /forums/

(not RewriteBase /forum/ or RewriteBase /forums/forums/)


I already did that, but still the problem exists.

[Lynne]

Is your actual Forum url set to yoursite.com/forums? Do you have anything entered into the Forum Component URL textarea?

Try disabling your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[ForceHSS]

Might be best to put in a support ticket and let someone from support fix it

[lsti]

Is your actual Forum url set to yoursite.com/forums? Do you have anything entered into the Forum Component URL textarea?

Try disabling your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit includes/config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);


Yayyyyyy.

Setting up the forum component url fixed the issue.

Thank you very much Lynee & others who helped me to fix the issue :)

Thanks guys.

[lsti]

Now when i visit my forum home page instead of forum.php, it says this error.

It says invalid forum
Invalid Forum specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

But the forum.php works fine, removing the forum component url fixes the issue though.