Moving vB from root/forum to root

[qbonoguy]

If I move my blog from root/forum to root/, how do I make it so that my server will redirect the old urls to the new ones?

For example, if someone goes to:

http://mydomain.com/forum/this-thread.php

How do I make that page redirect to:

http://mydomain.com/this-thread.php

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I've seen other sites do this I just don't have any clue where to look...

[Eikinskjaldi]

Originally Posted by qbonoguy

If I move my blog from root/forum to root/, how do I make it so that my server will redirect the old urls to the new ones?

For example, if someone goes to:

http://mydomain.com/forum/this-thread.php

How do I make that page redirect to:

http://mydomain.com/this-thread.php

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I've seen other sites do this I just don't have any clue where to look...

Put the following into your .htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum/.*$
RewriteRule ^/forum/(.+)$ http://mydomain.com/$1 [L,R]

[qbonoguy]

Thanks a million man!

[SoftDux]

What would I need to put into .htaccess if I move the forum from / to /forum? I want to setup Drupal in the root, but I still want old refrenced (search engines, links from other sites, etc) URL's to goto the new URL's?