moving the forums in the server

[Ryan Boyd]

Hey everyone i ran into a bit of a problem. So me and my dumb self didnt create the forums in its on folder so it wouldnt be mysite.com/forums/ instead i added it to the public_html folder and now im having trouble moving it into a folder. when i do so the the site does not work. Can anyone help me because i can not create a home page for the site. This would be great if someone could assist me. Breakdown of my problem

using cpanel

what i want to do is move

mysite.com/the forum files are here/

to

mysite.com/forums/move the files into this folder

thanks and as always have a great day

[opentype]

Why do you want to do this?

There is nothing wrong with having the community suite in the root. It’s usually the best choice. 
With 4.x, as soon as you make another app but “forums” the default app, you will automatically have a virtual folder called /forums/ without moving anything. 

 

[Ryan Boyd]

open im not 100% sure what you mean by this

i just want to take the forums and put it in a folder so when i redirect the site it will go to the correct folder

 

[opentype]

To move the site you need to:

• move all files via FTP
• change the forum path in conf_global.php
• Check upload paths for files in the ACP
• Clear the cache
• contact IPS about the changing the licensing URL

What do you want to put in the root folder? 

[DesignzShop]

You may also need to change/re-save/re-upload your htaccess

[SJ77]

I have the opposite problem, I feel dumb for having the forum in a sub folder and wish it was in the root. Now I'm stuck with redirects all the time

[DesignzShop]

Almost forgot, you will also need to change the location of your sitemap

[dNetAus]

Hello,

Yesterday we changed the main URL for our website and our forums.  So now our forums are at: http://forum.newdomain.org.au (this was a branding / historical thing).

Took me a while (wish I had found this topic earlier  ), and finally have our forums working on the new domain... with I think now only one issue (thanks for the heads up on the sitemap location DesignzShop!).

Issue:  In some places we get little squares instead of images.  I have attached screenshots of some here. 
Does anyone know how I fix this?

Warm Regards

Leanne

[opentype]

Clearing the cache should normally fix that. 

If you would post the actual URL of your site, it would be easier to check out what is going on. Little screenshots won’t help very much. 

[dNetAus]

Thanks for replying so soon!

Our forums are at http://forum.dnet.org.au/

I read your note about clearing the cache in your post listing 5 things to do above (12 March), and searched for 'Cache' in my ACP and found the list below.
Current settings are the default settings - I don't think we have ever changed these (because I am only pretending to be our tech person as we have noone else ;-) ):

Cache Page output for guests:  30 seconds

Caching Method: None

Cache Remote Images: This took me to 'Posting' settings, and I couldn't find any reference to 'cache' there.  Closest I found was 'Allow Remote Images' and this is set to 'green'.  Only other item under 'Remote Images' here is 'Serve local images from server' and this is set to 'grey'(off).

 

PS I have temporarily enabled 'Guests' to view

[opentype]

ACP → System → Support → Something isn’t working correctly → Continue

That clears the caches. 

[dNetAus]

YES!  It worked!!!  THANK YOU!