Redirecting vbseo from root to subfolder?

Not sure if this has come up, but I'm runnign a forum at the root folder, but now I'm considering moving the forums to a subfolder so that the domain can be redeveloped into a portal with other features.

However, I don't know of any simple way in which I can do this.

Is there a simple rewrite rule that can 301 redirect vbseo threads from
the root to subfolder?

If not, I'm thinking that what I'll have to do is just manually redirect categories, or else simply leave the root install and leave a php redirect in the header to the subfolder.

Any pointers and helpful suggestions most welcome.

I would suggest changing vBulletin's index.php to something like forums.php, and using index.php as your portal. Then, you won't have to worry about losing any pagerank/etc.

Thanks for the reply - because I'm planning to install a CMS the concern is that I'm going to end up with mod_rewrite conflicts and similar issues with running multiple software platforms from the root folder.

I figured a redirect is easier in theory - but possibly not an option in practice.

Hello,

you can try to redirect all "not found" requests, assuming that those are requests for old forum URLs:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^forum/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ http://www.domain.com/forum/$1 [L,QSA]