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Hi i have recently moved my forum from Mybb to Vanilla, so the index pages such as showthread.php now do not exist. This is a big problem for SEO, what do I do to redirect this to the home page?

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In your .htaccess file:-

redirect 301 /path/to/url http://www.domain.com/path/to/new/url

Note the first URL has no domain name, but the second one does.

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  • Is there a way to just redirect all 404 errors though?
    – h00j
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 11:08
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    @Henry Hoggard You can -- using mod_rewrite, but what is the point? If I hit non-existing page I would like either to be redirected to a proper new location of the same page (as per @toomanyairmiles answer) or see an error page (preferably with some hints on what other pages may be interesting for me based on my URL). Why do I need to see your home page (or whatever) if I hit some random and invalid URL (e.g. yoursite.com/bla-bla)?
    – LazyOne
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 12:01
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    @HenryHoggard agree with LazyOne - design a 404 page which helps users - this isn't about search engines.
    – toomanyairmiles
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 12:27
  • Once i have designed a 404 page how do i assign it?
    – h00j
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 15:42
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    @HenryHoggard in your htaccess 'ErrorDocument 404 path/to/404.php'
    – toomanyairmiles
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 15:58

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