Disable all but forums and .htaccess redirects

[SystemOAD]

Hi,

I only need to use the forums in my vB4 suite so I would like to know how I would disable the cms and/or blog please?

Also I tried to setup some redirects in the .htaccess file but its not working out too well so would some mind giving me a hand to work out what I'v done wrong on that please?
Here is the htaccess code I made (its the last 3 lines for my vB):

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName extreme-gaming-network.com
AuthUserFile /home2/extremeg/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home2/extremeg/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^extreme-gaming-network.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.extreme-gaming-network.com/$1 [R=301,L]

#Redirect 301 /forums/ http://www.extreme-gaming-network.com/forums/forum.php
#Redirect 301 /forums/content.php http://www.extreme-gaming-network.com/forums/forum.php
#Redirect 301 /forums/blog.php http://www.extreme-gaming-network.com/forums/forum.php

I # out the lines for the time being so not to mess with SEO. Also the forums are installed in a sub-director not a sub-domain but I take it I do still add the redirects as above to my root folder and not in a new file in the forums folder?

Regards,
Nath

[Lynne]

To disable the CMS and Blog, go to admincp > plugins & products > manage products > find vBulletin CMS and vBulletin Blog > click Disable next to each of them.

[TheLastSuperman]

Also don't forget to double check your index.php file and change the default script if required:

/**
 * Use the CMS as the default script:
 */

require('content.php');


/**
 * Use the forum as the default script:
 */

// require('forum.php');

So to use the forum as default remove the // in front and to comment out the CMS add in // in front of the content.php snippet of code .

New example:

/**
 * Use the CMS as the default script:
 */

// require('content.php');


/**
 * Use the forum as the default script:
 */

require('forum.php');

[SystemOAD]

Thanks guys, its prob that bit in the index.php file I missed out last time I tried
Is it the index.php in the default (roof) forum folder I need to change or the one for each theam I want to use?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by SystemOAD

Thanks guys, its prob that bit in the index.php file I missed out last time I tried
Is it the index.php in the default (roof) forum folder I need to change or the one for each theam I want to use?

Actually I believe Lynne had the best info here, disable them via the product manager the index edit is something extra you should do if not using the CMS . You only need to edit the index.php that's included in your vbulletin files i.e. the index.php that is on your forums ROOT folder.

[SystemOAD]

Yup I done both but I think I tried something like that a couple of months ago without editing the index.php file and thats why it wasnt working.

Its all working now though so thank you both for the help

Also No need for help with the htaccess as thats now sorted as I only needed to add one line to redirect /forums/forum.php to /forums/

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by SystemOAD

Yup I done both but I think I tried something like that a couple of months ago without editing the index.php file and thats why it wasnt working.

Its all working now though so thank you both for the help

Also No need for help with the htaccess as thats now sorted as I only needed to add one line to redirect /forums/forum.php to /forums/

Good to hear it's all working

[SystemOAD]

Thank you Now I just need to find a donation plugin for vB4 and finish the coding and thats the easy part of the forums done.

Then I just waiting on my coder to finish the scripting for the main site.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by SystemOAD

Thank you Now I just need to find a donation plugin for vB4 and finish the coding and thats the easy part of the forums done.

Then I just waiting on my coder to finish the scripting for the main site.

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