moving from root to a subdirectory

[punchbowl]

my forums are at www.domain.com but needs to be at www.domain.com/forum

can I just close the forum and upload 3.6.8 to a subdirectory and reopen after running upgrade.php?

any other settings to worry about?

[Dismounted]

You'll need to change the URL to reflect the changes. It can be found under vBulletin Options > Site / URL Details.

[Kirk Y]

You don't need to upgrade when you move your forum -- unless you're running a lower version and are doing both.

[punchbowl]

thanks it was easier than i thought.

[punchbowl]

internal links - anyway to fix them

e.g. someone has posted a link in an old thread www.domain.com/showthread.php?t=49802 which will be a 404 now instead of pointing to the correct location www.domain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49802

[Opserty]

If they are inside posts e.t.c. then you can't do much about changing them. I think it is possible to setup some kind of redirect from the /forum/ directory to redirect users to the same page in the forum root, maybe using .htaccess.

[Paul M]

You could try using a replacement variable - replace "www.domain.com/showthread.php" with "www.domain.com/forum/showthread.php".

[Opserty]

Originally Posted by Paul M

You could try using a replacement variable - replace "www.domain.com/showthread.php" with "www.domain.com/forum/showthread.php".

Don't you meant the other way round?

[Kirk Y]

Doesn't look to be reversed.. :erm:

Smarter way would be to use .htaccess redirects. Try something like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} yourdomain.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(.*)$
RewriteRule .* http://yourdomain.com/forum/%1 [R]

[Opserty]

Originally Posted by Kirk Y

Doesn't look to be reversed.. :erm:

My bad, read the op wrong way round :erm: