Changing to a different Root Folder

[gmata]

Hello guys,

I currently have my forum installed on the main folder www.pistolerosdelmar.com i want to move the forum to a different folder called "Forum" so the url is www.pistolerosdelmar.com/forum, what files do i need to move into that folder so everything is working like it is right now, i am afraid of broken links or lost threads please help.

Thanks.

Gonzalo

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You would need to move all files and directories of your current forum home directory.

PS Be aware that this will change all your links!

[gmata]

What links would this be?

Anything i need to to with the Database? what folders exactly do i need to copy?

Thanks.

[borbole]

Originally Posted by gmata

What links would this be?

Anything i need to to with the Database? what folders exactly do i need to copy?

Thanks.

It will change your forum links/urls. You would need to move the forum files from the root. Create a folder called "forum", without the quotes, and upload there your forum files. You can upload files to your pc and back to your server space with a ftp client. Or even through the File Manager at the CP of your host.

Then update your board url at your Acp-Settings-Site Name / URL / Contact Details-Forum URL. Change here the url from:

www.pistolerosdelmar.com

to:

www.pistolerosdelmar.com/forum

Save the changes and you should be all set. Hope it helps.

[gmata]

I am getting ready to perform this move can you please tell me what links will be changed and what problems would this cause?

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

Any links already used in posts or otherwise hard coded into templates, if you customized any, will be broken. If anyone ever linked to one of your posts/threads from another site it will be broken. If google indexed your site all their links will be broken until you get re-indexed. Although it's easy enough to do the repercussions can be severe.

Can I ask why you want to do this? If you want to put a custom page at your web root you can just change the name of "index.php" to "forum.php" and make the change in vbulletin options to update that... then you can make a custom index.php file people will see if they go to yourdomain.com.

[gmata]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Can I ask why you want to do this? If you want to put a custom page at your web root you can just change the name of "index.php" to "forum.php" and make the change in vbulletin options to update that... then you can make a custom index.php file people will see if they go to yourdomain.com.

Thanks Bird,
That is exactly what i want to do add a custom page in my root directory.

So i go to my domain directory via FTP and change the index.php to forum.php then where in the forum options can i update this? would't this change the address also?

Then how do i make a page that would be the first one people see when they go to mydomain.com

Thanks and sorry for all the questions i am a newbie

[BirdOPrey5]

First go to FTP and rename index.php to forum.php
Now it depends where you want your users to go when they click on the forum logo and the forum homepage link in the footer. If you want them to go to the new page you're making then you are done... If you want these links to take them to the forum home that used to be index.php then you need to edit the address of the link in the URL in your header template and if you choose the homepage link in vbulletin options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details...

Just be sure you have am index.php page ready to upload. Have you given any thought to this? www.vbadvanced.com CMPS is a free popular choice for making home pages and gives detailed instructions for making it index.php and renaming the old file forum.php.