Subdomain question

In preparation for vbseo installation, I created a subdomain for my forums through cpanel on my linux server.

Strangely, the subdomain automatically redirects to the folder path so, for example, my subdomain http://forums.mysite.com redirects to http://www.mysite.com/forums/.

I really would like the subdomain to load the forums files without displaying the forum folders in the URL path.

Someone told me I need to create a custom vhost directive in the http.conf, but that sounds more complicated than it should be. I have deleted and recreated the subdomain multiple times and each time I rename the forums folder before doing so (and then dropping the forum files back into the new subdomain folder. I have had zero success.

Any help would be appreciated!

[wally]

Just add this to your apache httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@<your domain>
DocumentRoot /var/www/<your directory>
ServerName forum.yourdomain.coml
</VirtualHost>

apply and restart apache

if you dont want this you can also force a redirect with a .htaccess file

[SEOvB]

Does it redirect you to that after you've clicked a link? If so, Do you have your paths setup correctly in the AdminCP?