moving to root

Hello,

1st. this might be a bit complex, since I’m not really sure how to ask best

Currently I have a website running in root, and my forums running in forum/
Now I’d like to use more of the possibilities of vBSEO for my website (root) (and rewriting my other ‘stuff’ located there)

Would it be possible to move my forums from forum/ to root, but rewrite it – and here I mean everything – to forum/?

Meaning http://mysite.com/forum/forumdisplay etc. stays http://mysite.com/forum/forumdisplay etc., except that it’s actually located here http://mysite.com/forumdisplay

I know for sure some of it would be possible. I'm just not really sure about the ‘everything’ part.

Hello,

you can define custom URL formats in vBSEO CP for your forum, like:
forum/[forum_title]/
instead of
[forum_title]/

and
forum/[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html
instead of
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html
etc.

Thanks Oleg!

I would have expected it ‘less fun’ and much more time consuming
Everything is moved and rewritten to its original state.
Basically, the downloading and uploading part was the most time-consuming.

I guess I’m ready for the hours of optimizing now

Just one question left. Having my forums rewritten to forum/ I assume my .htaccess will stay unchanged?

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.die16-clan\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.die16-clan.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Edit:

I don't get it, why is the .htaccess file different from vBSEO and the sitemap?
vBSEO:

Code:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

sitemap:

Code:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

I assume I should use the vBSEO one?

You should also replace these lines:

Code:

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.die16-clan\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.die16-clan.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

with:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.die16-clan\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.die16-clan.com/$1 [L,R=301]

thanks

Edit:

In my case it seems I should have been using

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^die16-clan\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://die16-clan.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Yes, this one should be used for the non-www domain.