[anderow]

Firstly, this looks a great plugin so thanks

I have a question if anyone could help me it would be much appreciated. I am about to install this plugin but am hesitant because I dont want all my old/current (non standard) URLS to be dead


This is my current htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /forum/
RewriteRule ^index\.html /index\.php [L]
RewriteRule ^getdaily.html$ search.php?do=getdaily [L]
RewriteRule ^getdaily([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=getdaily&f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^unanswered.html$ search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit=0&don tcache=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^unanswered([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit=0&don tcache=1&forumchoice=$1&childforums=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([a-z]+)-(.*)-([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&sort=$3&order=$4&pp= $5&daysprune=$6 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)-(.*)-([a-z]+)-([a-z]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1&daysprune=$2&order=$3&sort=$ 4 [L]
RewriteRule ^announcement([0-9]+).html$ announcement.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^announcement([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ announcement.php?f=$1&announcementid=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^getnew.html$ search.php?do=getnew [L]
RewriteRule ^getnew([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=getnew&f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^printthread([0-9]+).html$ printthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendthread([0-9]+).html$ sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^referthread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&referrerid=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^lastpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^newpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^nextnewesttothread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&goto=nextnewest [L]
RewriteRule ^nextoldesttothread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&goto=nextoldest [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showpost.php?p=$1&postcount=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1&page=$2&pp=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([a-z]+).html$ showthread.php?mode=$2&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([a-z]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1&mode=$2 [L]

while also redirecting my old URLs to the new ones?

Basically, my forum is top of google for some very competitive terms, but the URLS are not really that descriptive. Just numbers like /forum3.html

and so on.

The rewrite rules are modified slightly from an htaccess that was on some forums a couple of years ago...and its worked relatively well.

Except I cant merge threads at present....

Any suggestions? I NEED to do this upgrade but does anyone know how I can 301 my old URLs to the new style ones?

I know it 301s the stock URLs but how can I get it to 301 my current URLS basically without breaking anything>?!!!!
thanks