subdomain?

Hi,

I have been reading some threads on vBulletin and it sounds like they are going to make vBulletin Publisher support subdomains so we can add forums and blogs in a subdomain.

Example

• http://forums.mysite.com - Forums
• http://blogs.mysite.com - Blogs
• http://mysite.com - Publisher

Will vBSEO support this as well?

Thanks

Hello,

Yes, vBSEO does support this in 3.5.

Now that vBSEO final is out, how do I go about installing it on a sub domain as above... I'm also not sure what vBulletin files needs copying where?

Originally Posted by kuyenmotdivad

Now that vBSEO final is out, how do I go about installing it on a sub domain as above... I'm also not sure what vBulletin files needs copying where?

vBSEO 3.5.0 RC2 Final version is out , not vBSEO 3.5.0 Gold.

Any idea where I woiuld need to copy the vBSEO and VB files as I made 2 subdomains as follows?

• http://chatfreaks.net
• http://forums.chatfreaks.net
• http://blogs.chatfreaks.net

Thanks for any advice.

Originally Posted by kuyenmotdivad

Any idea where I woiuld need to copy the vBSEO and VB files as I made 2 subdomains as follows?

• http://chatfreaks.net
• http://forums.chatfreaks.net
• http://blogs.chatfreaks.net

Thanks for any advice.

You need to point the subdomain's at the same folder you have your forum and vbseo files installed at, you then edit your vbseo settings to get vbseo to display the correct content dependant on the domain.

Ceri

so if I add all the files into the forums domain what would I need to add in blogs and the homepage an index.php file with what contents?

Originally Posted by kuyenmotdivad

so if I add all the files into the forums domain what would I need to add in blogs and the homepage an index.php file with what contents?

All the subdomain's should be pointing to the same folder on the server so there wont be separate files to put in other locations as there will only be one central location. After you have done this you need to set the Custom CMS domain setting in your vbseocp.php to http://chatfreaks.net/ and you need to set the Custom Blog Domain setting to http://blogs.chatfreaks.net/

This will have you set-up but the #1 thing is you need to have all three subdomains poining to the same folder on your server and this folder needs to be were you have installed vBulletin.

Ceri

I have forums working but I cant get it to show anything on blogs or homepage I use this code and it does nothing only shows a blank page.

PHP Code:

<?php

chdir('/www/xxxxx/xxxxx/subdomain/forums/httpdocs/');
require_once('content.php');
require_once('vb/bootstrap.php');

The problem is that you currently have each of the subdomains pointing to separate folders and you are trying to use a script to redirect/include

You don't want/need to do this you just need to change your subdomain virtual hosts to point to the same folder on your server, if your using cpanel it can be done via there or by editing the httpd.conf directly.

Ceri

when i try installing vbseo under http://forums.chatfreaks.net/ it says my license key is invalid. :(

Originally Posted by kuyenmotdivad

when i try installing vbseo under http://forums.chatfreaks.net/ it says my license key is invalid. :(

Please open a ticket at https://www.vbseo.com/support/ to request the domain change.

Ceri

could it be allowed so I can use the license on chatfreaks.net as well as any subdomain like *.chatfreaks.net i'm only using it once but i dont wanna transfer it from chatfreaks.net to forums.chatfreaks.net if it wont let me use it like above.

this dude as done it on his site if you look what im after - NCC Community

can .htaccess file work jus like in wordpress mu .... so tht any new blog created work automatically like a subdomain without physically creating a subdomain... just like it happen in wordpress mu ....

Hi Anupam,

Yes it can you need to create a Wildcard sub-domain first so that ALL sub-domains point to the core directy/files then you would be able to get the desired effect just by changing a few settings in your vbseocp and adding one line to your .htaccess file.

Ceri