Apache server question

[GSbiker]

This is probably a easy question but I just can't figure it out. I run Apache on a in-house Windows box. My url is www.thewirelessregister.com. When that url is accessed it goes to a splash page with a link to www.thewirelessregister.com/fourms/.

How do I configure Apache to go directly to the forum when www.thewirelessregister.com is entered in the browser? It's probably something in the vhosts.conf file.

Any help would be appreciated.

[snakes1100]

Add a .htaccess file to your root/www folder with this in it, that assumes you have mod_rewrite configured into apache.


RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^thewirelessregister.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.thewirelessregister.com/forums/$1 [r=301,nc]

[Angel-Wings]

Or just move the forum directory one level down. Then you can disable .htaccess to have some speed-up.
If you don't want or can move the files, maybe better do it directly in the Vhost configuration that you again disable .htaccess parsing

[Boofo]

Make a file called index.php in your domain root with the following content:

<?php header('Location: http://www.thewirelessregister.com/fourms/'); ?>

[GSbiker]

Make a file called index.php in your domain root with the following content:

<?php header('Location: http://www.thewirelessregister.com/fourms/'); ?>

Perfect. Thanks. :up:

Really worked good when I spelled forums correctly. :D

[Boofo]

Perfect. Thanks. :up:

Really worked good when I spelled forums correctly. :D

I have used that method for years. ;)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

It is not a method you should use on a busy site, as it will have a negative impact on performance.

[Boofo]

That is the first time I have ever heard that said about doing it that way. How so?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Because it will have 2 pageloads.

[Boofo]

Perfect. Thanks. :up:

Really worked good when I spelled forums correctly. :D

Sorry about that. My keebord kant spel, it seams. ;)

[BSMedia]

Because it will have 2 pageloads.

Would a 301 redirect work better?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I am not an expert on this, but i think the order based on performance is:

- Webserver config.
- .htaccess
- Page redirect

[Angel-Wings]

- Webserver config.
- .htaccess
- Page redirect

Doesn't matter much. If it's configured in the Webserver but still AllowOverride is set Apache will still look for .htaccess.

For - for VB fastest would be something like:


<Directory /where/ever/vb/is/installed>
AllowOverride None
Options None
...
</Directory>


Then setting a redirect via mod_rewrite or some META redirect via a small HTML page from the old location. :)

[Boofo]

Doesn't matter much. If it's configured in the Webserver but still AllowOverride is set Apache will still look for .htaccess.

For - for VB fastest would be something like:



Then setting a redirect via mod_rewrite or some META redirect via a small HTML page from the old location. :)

But wouldn't that make the .htaccess moot then?

[Nano_]

httpd-vhost.conf (or just vhost.conf):


<VirtualHost YOUR.IP.HERE:80>
DocumentRoot /direct/folder/to/your/forum
ServerName forum.yourdomain.com
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
ScriptAlias "/cgi-bin/" "/direct/folder/to/your/forum/cgi-bin/"
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com forum.yourdomain.com anything.yourdomain.com
ErrorLog logs/www-error.log
Options ExecCGI Indexes FollowSymLinks
</VirtualHost>


Save, restart apache using ./apachetcl -k graceful (or any command to restart apache (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/stopping.html)).

[GSbiker]

Thanks....I will give it a try. :up: