You asked how to redirect a typical reference to another.
I wrote to you how to do it

How to make all links?
It is necessary to analyze:
- google webmaster
- settings that were in vbseo
- links forum
- much time

In the 10th I repeat:
In order to save site's ranking, a quick page loading speed, to save attendance:
Need to write complex of redirects, very important sequence of commands RedirectMatch and Redirect.
Not use RewritRule!

Again thanks for the reply, I understand the forum direct format and that I have to do that for every forum. For the posts or threads is it just that one rule that you gave at the end of your last post?

Ok, here's one, in Google my old vbseo link looks like this:
http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/microsoft-topics/
I entered the redirect rule in /forumz/.htaccess as below:
Redirect 301 /microsoft-topics/ http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/forumdisplay.php?f=63
But clicking the old link (or pasting it in the browser bar) doesn't redirect?

Any ideas?

That looks like it should work. Did you put RewriteEngine on at the top of the htaccess?

Many ideas...
Many questions

Create ftp access to the site root, and write it to me in a PM
I look

it will be faster than we fantasize for a few days
It is necessary to see the full picture of your redirects

I would love to see your work when finished.

As much as I appreciate your offer (and do not take this as an attack on you) I don't know you and giving access to ftp on my site at this point would be foolish on my behalf.

Here are the redirects that I have up to now, I have to build more AND I have to sort out redirects or rewrites for my showthread titles too.
Hopefully Igor you are still willing and able to help.

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As an added twist I use vbenterprisetranslator and many links submitted to google...etc look like this
[url]http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/es/networking-peripherals/[/url]

[url]http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/vi/networking-peripherals/[/url]
There are around 52 languages that all have their own 2 letter code so Ukraine would be /forumz/uk/networking-peripherals/ consequently a thread may look like http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/uk/652836-working-numbers.html
These are going to be a huge problem to sort?

Here's the list of languages:
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Igor, your pm's and email are off - I've created a folder with the .htaccess in there if you'd rather do it by ftp, I can then copy the file over to the forum root and test :)

Redirect 301 /forumz/forumz/microsoft-topics/ http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/forumdisplay.php?f=63

)))

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& you 52 languages will finish with this:

Hi Igor, your pm's and email are off - I've created a folder with the .htaccess in there if you'd rather do it by ftp, I can then copy the file over to the forum root and test .

I posted the list of languages above, I understand that right now they will fail just as my showthreads are failing, I really don't understand the .htaccess and rewrite conditions...etc which is why, to you, im probably asking the same question again and again.

ikopylov, You had sent me a message but I was unable to reply because your profile has incoming messages are disabled.

I would be happy to pay you to help me finish my redirects, etc. I have been trying to do a little each day but I think you can do it much faster and better than I can. I am learning but have a long ways to go.

Thanks

Still looking for a rewrite for images also