HMatthew Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 So is there any difference when setting up a IPB forums? For example, if I set them under forum.[domain].com vs [domain].com/forum ? Is there an actual difference or how does it work?
Meddysong Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 If you locate at site.com and Forums is your default app, then they're located at site.com. (Although I think site.com/forums would still load.) If you have another app as your default, then your Forums app will be located at site.com/forums. If you locate your site at site.com/forums and Forums is your default app, then your site will be located at site.com/forums. The problem with this approach is that other apps would be located at site.com/forums/gallery, site.com/forums/blogs etc. I think it's smarter to locate at site.com unless you're absolutely sure that you won't be using any other apps. Edit: The answer's the same for forums.site.com too. If you have that as your base, your other apps would be located at forums.site.com/gallery etc, so it's still not an ideal name.
HMatthew Posted June 21, 2018 Author Posted June 21, 2018 My home page is at [domainname].com which is a Wordpress based homepage and now i want to add IPB Forums .Either at forum.[domainname].com or [domainname].com/forum. So IPB wont be the main homepage as i have wordpress on it.
opentype Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 Quote Where is better to setup Forums ? In a technical sense – regarding the installation and running the website – it makes no difference whatsoever.
HMatthew Posted June 21, 2018 Author Posted June 21, 2018 Also I will be mostly using the IPB Forums for only forums and maybe commerce for donations. I really do not like the wordpress forums but i do like overall visual thats why i will have wordpress as homepage and IPB as forum only 1 minute ago, opentype said: In a technical sense – regarding the installation and running the website – it makes no difference whatsoever. If on technical sense there is no difference.Than what would you recommend on organizational sense for future reference when i make hyperlinks etc.
Meddysong Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 No difference at all. I think using a subdomain is probably more common today. You could just as easily toss a coin, though.
HMatthew Posted June 21, 2018 Author Posted June 21, 2018 By subdomain you mean [domainname].com/forum ?
Rhett Posted June 22, 2018 Posted June 22, 2018 root (domain.com) is recommended, or if you have word press in the root, then I would select a sub domain (sub.domain.com). Putting our software in a sub folder (domain.com/foldername) creates longer/ugly urls imo. There is no rule on this, it's what suits you best though.
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