We just upgraded to a new server. I moved over all the vbulletin files and the database, but I can't get the forum to work. I can see the first screen ok when I bring up index.php, but I get a 404 error when I click on any of the links. What do I need to do to fix this?
Have you removed the files from your old server? As it the domain may still be pointing to the old server.
Yes, the old server is gone. The domain hasn't changed though. The IP address has. Is the IP address used in the code anywhere do you know? That would cause a problem.
The domain's new DNS information has to propagate around the world. This can take up to 72 hours.
It's been a week. There aren't any problems accessing the rest of the site. Besides, I can pull up the first page. It's when I click on any of the links that I get the 404 error.
It looks like the site uses a url rewrite system (I do this on another site) where http://www.domain.com/vbforum/f21/ is converted to http://www.domain.com/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=21. I tested this. Replacing 'f' + topic number (f21/) with 'forumdisplay.php?f=' + topic number (forumdisplay.php?f=21) does pull up the page.
There are other redirects, and none of them seem to be working. So there's a problem with the redirects. Where do I find that code? Any idea why the move would break this part of the code?
That looks like vBSEO. Is it functioning properly?
have you loaded your database with the backup you made from the other host?.
royo, I think you're right. I just spent the past couple of hours looking through the code, and found numerous references to vbseo and redirects. I went to the site and there's a forum for redirect issues. I'm registered there, but not as an owner, so I'll have to wait until I can reach my customer before I can post there.
I don't know why there should be a problem though, unless they use IP addresses in their code. But I'll continue this with vbseo. Thank you.