Moving large vbulletin forum (with vbseo) to new domain

[freqfly]

Hi all

I have a large vBulletin Forum (with vbseo) which I need to move to a new domain. The forum is 12 years old, has about 300,000 posts and 65,000 pages indexed in Google.

I've done a bit of research on the topic, and believe these are the required high-level steps:

- Close the board
- Change the URL in the admincp > vb options > site url details
- Update cookie value in admincp > vb options > Cookies and HTTP Header Options
- Copy the files to the new domain
- Update config.php with new domain details
- Log into Admin Panel
- Change any hard-coded links from the old domain name
- Set 301 Redirect from old domain to new domain in .htaccess of old domain
- Open the board

Am I missing anything?

If anyone has done a similiar move, I'd really appreciate your experiences/insights. I'm obviously a bit apprehensive and really want to manage the risks.

How long do you think it will take of Google to re-index the pages.

Thanks, in advance, for your help

[Mert Gökçeimam]

Hello Clifford ,

You also need to create a support ticket within vBSEO.com and request an update on your licensed domain.
You can also notify Google Webmasters account that you are changing your domain name.

[Aneurysm]

I have a large vBulletin Forum (with vbseo) which I need to move to a new domain...

Did you do your move? how did it turn out?

[freqfly]

Yes, I did the move. All worked out well in the end. The steps I listed pretty much covers all the tasks.