Not a bug Cannot change boardUrl

[Floren]

Changing any URL in there does not affect the site in any way. For example:
http://www.domain.com/forum instead of http://www.domain.com/community

Running on 1.0.4 version, without any type of cache enabled.

 

[Saeed]

I hope you placed all your installation files in the /community folder as well, right?

How can I move my installation to a different directory?
Update the Board URL in the ACP -> Options -> Basic Board Information and move the files to the new directory. You may need to restart the server for the change to take effect.

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180455

 

[Floren]

Well, boardUrl is a variable that is inserted into templates and other useful locations through getRequestPaths() function:

	public function setRequestPaths()
	{
		$requestPaths = XenForo_Application::getRequestPaths($this->_request);
		var_dump($requestPaths);

		XenForo_Application::set('requestPaths', $requestPaths);
	}

No matter what I set into boardUrl, I still get the default values.

array(6) {
  ["basePath"]=>
  string(11) "/community/"
  ["host"]=>
  string(14) "domain.com"
  ["protocol"]=>
  string(4) "http"
  ["fullBasePath"]=>
  string(32) "http://domain.com/community/"
  ["requestUri"]=>
  string(11) "/community/"
  ["fullUri"]=>
  string(32) "http://domain.com/community/"
}

Right now the boardUrl is set to:

https://domain.com/community

The secure https is completely ignored, even if my certificate is valid and properly installed.
Common Name = www.axivo.com
Subject Alternative Names = www.axivo.com, axivo.com
Issuer = Starfield Secure Certification Authority
Serial Number = 4B17C13FF73566
SHA1 Thumbprint = 08EB150C779D96D963AD09A038D41360F3DEBC47
Key Length = 2048 bit
Signature algorithm = SHA1 + RSA (good)
Secure Renegotiation: Supported

Plus, isn't the boardUrl definitive on where the board is located?
If the boardUrl is set to:

http://domain.com/forum

the above listed array still shows /community as basePath.

 

[Floren]

Just to make things clear: my goal is to use https on my board, which I cannot right now.
https://www.axivo.com/community/

The base href is set to http, completely ignoring my https value. However:
https://www.axivo.com/community/admin.php
works as it calls the variables internally, ignoring the boardUrl value.

 

[Paul B]

The Board URL field is mainly used for email.

See this rejected bug report about HTTPS: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/forcing-https.6444/

And this one how to set it: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/running-site-via-http-https-ssl.19092/

 

[Floren]

How am I supposed to enforce HTTPS if XenForo sets the base href to HTTP?
<base href="http://www.axivo.com/community/" />

https://www.axivo.com/community/

That is related XenForo, nothing to do with server settings.
And removing the http: from the boardUrl does absolutely nothing.

 

[Mike]

If the base URL is being set to HTTP, then your web server isn't exposing anything to indicate that it is an HTTPS connection (particularly, the HTTPS environment variable). See http://sleepycode.com/2010/12/phpmyadmin-using-login-with-nginx-behind-a-https-auth-login/

 

[Floren]

Thanks, Mike. Adding:
fastcgi_param HTTPS on;

solves the base href issues. Looking at Nginx configuration, the second option is redundant.
I still get a slashed https as URL validation.

 

[Floren]

OK, all problems solved. This is how I fixed the issue, for other users:
1) Set in Nginx the HTTPS param to on.
2) Disable Twitter and Gravatar. (not needed anymore in 1.1.1)
3) Set homePageUrl and boardUrl to https scheme.
4) Set Google Maps URL to https scheme.

 

[Floren]

I still have a question related to current users who have Gravatars set as default. How do I remove them? I've built the user caches but I still see user avatars linked to gravatar.com site.

 

[Paul B]

You will have to manually remove them in the ACP.

 

[Floren]

Actually, I just ran a query to reset the Gravatars:

UPDATE xf_user SET gravatar = '';

Then, I've rebuilt the User Cache.

 

[Paul B]

That's cheating

 

[Floren]

Ya, is better to change manually 85 users.
Many thanks guys for the useful tips. Finally, clean SSL everywhere:

https://www.axivo.com/community/