Changing From forum.domain.com to domain.com/forum

[Joy Rex]

I'm planning on changing from my current forum.domain.com setup to domain.com/forum when I upgrade to IPS 4 - is this an easy change, and how would I go about doing it?

[TheHappenen]

Well, it won't be too hard. Basically what you should do:

1. Back up files and database.

2. Move forum files to /forum/ directory.

3. Edit the config file, and change the domain to the new one you have. blahblah.com/forum/

4. Edit any necessary things in ACP once everything is working after you do the stuff above.

 

If you need help, feel free to shoot me a PM.

[Joy Rex]

@TheHappenen Thanks for the reply - forum files are already in a /forum/ directory, so I'm assuming the forum.domain.com is being handled by a subdomain setup via my hosting, right?

[TheHappenen]

9 minutes ago, Joy Rex said:

@TheHappenen Thanks for the reply - forum files are already in a /forum/ directory, so I'm assuming the forum.domain.com is being handled by a subdomain setup via my hosting, right?

Correct. If you have a forum.domain.com, it's going to be that subdomain. If you have a cPanel, you can edit them in there. Since the forum is already in /forum/ and it's using subdomain, you should just be able to delete that subdomain. 

You'll probably still have to edit the config file, and ACP settings, because it's using "forum.domain.com." 

[Joy Rex]

@TheHappenen OK, thanks - I'll give that a go!