Wordpress, Vbulletin and Redirection

ecoverartist · 02-13-2013, 10:27 AM

I'm trying to redirect some old Vbulletin threads as Wordpress posts. I have the posts ready and published, and I've installed Urban Giraffe's Redirections plugin and set up the 301 redirects for everything.

Except nothing happens. If I type in the old forum URL, it still gives me the Vbulletin default "you need to login to view this page".

Should I completely remove Vbulletin to get this to work correctly? Or is there something I need to do to .htaccess ? I've tried a different redirect plugin and the same problem happens so I don't think it's the plugin itself.

Any ideas?

KingMighty · 02-13-2013, 10:29 AM

Try adding the directs via HTACCESS directly

ecoverartist · 02-13-2013, 10:33 AM

I'm not exactly sure how -- I tend to avoid .htaccess when I can

Should 301 redirect changes be instantaneous?

KingMighty · 02-14-2013, 12:00 AM

You do not happen to have access to cpanel do you?

02-13-2013, 10:27 AM	#1
ecoverartist You need to become a War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A cave with 47 computers and an internet feed Posts: 1,726 Thanks: 238 Thanked 194 Times in 94 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Wordpress, Vbulletin and Redirection I'm trying to redirect some old Vbulletin threads as Wordpress posts. I have the posts ready and published, and I've installed Urban Giraffe's Redirections plugin and set up the 301 redirects for everything. Except nothing happens. If I type in the old forum URL, it still gives me the Vbulletin default "you need to login to view this page". Should I completely remove Vbulletin to get this to work correctly? Or is there something I need to do to .htaccess ? I've tried a different redirect plugin and the same problem happens so I don't think it's the plugin itself. Any ideas?
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02-13-2013, 10:29 AM	#2
KingMighty The Owner War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 383 Thanks: 59 Thanked 59 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Wordpress, Vbulletin and Redirection Try adding the directs via HTACCESS directly
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02-13-2013, 10:33 AM	#3
ecoverartist You need to become a War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A cave with 47 computers and an internet feed Posts: 1,726 Thanks: 238 Thanked 194 Times in 94 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Wordpress, Vbulletin and Redirection I'm not exactly sure how -- I tend to avoid .htaccess when I can Should 301 redirect changes be instantaneous?
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02-14-2013, 12:00 AM	#4
KingMighty The Owner War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 383 Thanks: 59 Thanked 59 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Wordpress, Vbulletin and Redirection You do not happen to have access to cpanel do you?
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