Can I redo my front page if I set the forum in my root directory?

[mmurtha]

Hi,

I have my Forum set up in my root directory instead of "domain/forum".

Is it possible to keep the forum intact and change it so I have an index or front page as the landing page?

Once I got it up there, I changed my mind about the layout.

I'm thinking I can download the forum files, and then upload them again but in a forum directory, then add an index page in the root.

I have members now, and gaining, so I didn't want to mess with the database.

I do have 2 domains:

domain name forum dot com

and -- domain name dot com

So I can use the one domain as the front page, and hyperlink the forum in the navbar there too if it's much trouble.

Any opinions?

Thanks ...

Mary

[Lynne]

You may rename your (vbulletin) index.php page to something like forums.php and then make sure to enter the new name in vboptions > forum home page options > script name for forum home page.

[mmurtha]

Hi Lynne,

You mean that's all there is to it? Just change the name of the file, and rename it in admincp?

Then all I need to do is hyperlink the forum in the index nav correct?

Hmm .. sounds simple.

Thanks ...

Mary

[Lynne]

Yeah, that's all there is to it unless you have modified templates to link directly to index.php instead of using $vboptions[forumhome] (or whatever the variable name is).