how do you make thread title urls look like vbseo.com?

[syrus.xl]

Hi,

I am wanting to make my forums topics urls appear as they do in this site..

eg. topic name is "how to ride"

it appears as

siteurl.com/name-offorum/4057.htm

i want it to appear similar to
siteurl.com/name-offorum/how-to-ride.htm

[Brian Cummiskey]

You can change to our preset in the Forum URLs section. 002 for all parts.

Note: If your site is established and indexed, it is NOT a good idea to change url formats.

[syrus.xl]

thanks,

[blackberryos.com]

vBSEO team, I want to change the URL's of my site as so...

1. I want to move my forums to the root so the forum url changes from www.site.com/forums/ to www.site.com

2. I will use these post as a guide: Moving to forum root + vBSEO 3.5 Release Candidate 1 is here!

3. Will it harm my Search Engine Ranking if I make this change? If so, any other alternatives?

Thanks.

[Brian Cummiskey]

Anytime you change/move urls, expect to take a hit. The 301's help, but there will still be a re-indexing process. It might not be noticeable, but it might be rough for a few months. There's no way to predict it.