Remove basic Xenforo 2 routes with XenVn add-on

Xenforo default link for categories, forums, threads, resources, attachments, members:

site.com/categories/category-title.1/
site.com/forums/forum-title.1/
site.com/threads/thread-title.1/
site.com/resources/categories/resources-category.1/
site.com/resources/resources-title.1/
site.com/attachments/attachment-title.1/
site.com/members/member-title.1/

With XenVn add-on we can remove /categories, /forums, /threads, /resources, /attachments/, members/ route, helps improve URL SEO:

site.com/category-title.c1/
site.com/forum-title.f1/
site.com/thread-title.t1/
site.com/resources-category.s1/
site.com/resources-title.r1/
site.com/attachment-title.a1/
site.com/member-title.m1/

When accessing site.com/forums/forum-title.1/ will automatically redirect to site.com/forum-title.f1/, similar to threads, resources,... (and vice versa)

Shortened URLs:

site.com/c1/ => site.com/category-title.c1/
site.com/f1/ => site.com/forum-title.f1/
site.com/t1/ => site.com/thread-title.t1/
site.com/s1/ => site.com/resources-category.c1/
site.com/r1/ => site.com/resources-title.r1/
site.com/a1/ => site.com/attachment-title.a1/
site.com/m1/ => site.com/member-title.m1/

Describe (new):

• Disable: Use default routes
• Disable (redirect): Use default routes, redirect URL from UnRoute -> Route
• Enable: Remove basic routes, redirect URL from Route -> UnRoute

Example:
Redirect URL from UnRoute -> Route
site.com/forum-title.f1/ -> site.com/forums/forum-title.1/
Redirect URL from Route -> UnRoute
site.com/forums/forum-title.1/ -> site.com/forum-title.f1/

Conditions to use this feature:

• Use full friendly URLs
• Use Romanize titles in URLs
• Don't use URL portion
• Use default Route
• Don't use Route filter

This is a feature part of XenVn add-on, see details here:
https://xenvn.com/threads/xenvn-all-in-one-tools-for-xenforo-2.516/

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[qene10Verified member]

This is a very risky option. But it is also necessary.
Unfortunately, XenForo's URL structure cannot be analyzed by some SEO analysis sites because it is not "SEO-friendly".
I wonder if there is an automatic option to create a redirect to the .htaccess file when we change the URL structure, like in WordPress?
NOTE: I would love to use this on my site but I have about 25k indexed content. As soon as I switch to this, Google will start dropping my traffic.

 

[xenvnVerified member]

Changing URL structure should not be done frequently. After changing, the old URLs will automatically redirect to the new URL, and it takes a long time for Google to update the new URL data.

 

[sahinimVerified member]

Hello. How can I change forum urls to site.com/forumtest/ or site.com/id/forumtest/ instead of site.com/forumtest.x/ by removing the id address? I want to change the dot sign in forum and topic ids.

 

[xenvnVerified member]

Hello. How can I change forum urls to site.com/forumtest/ or site.com/id/forumtest/ instead of site.com/forumtest.x/ by removing the id address? I want to change the dot sign in forum and topic ids.

People try to remove slashes for SEO. But you want the opposite.
You can change the url structure using XF's built-in function. Router filter.

admin.php?route-filters/

 

[sahinimVerified member]

Thank you. So, can you write a sample route filter so I can remove ids from the forums?

 

[xenvnVerified member]

@sahinim
For example:

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You cannot remove the id from the thread/resource URL

 

[qene10Verified member]

Hi @xenvn,

Well, can you remove the ‘threads’ part and create a route filter as site.com/title-name.id/?

 

[xenvnVerified member]

Hi @xenvn,

Well, can you remove the ‘threads’ part and create a route filter as site.com/title-name.id/?

Don't try to change anything and make it more complicated. That's the rule of Xenforo.