XF 2.2 How do I change site's URL without breaking anything?

[ritesh]

I see the Board URL option in Basic options. Will changing the site's URL update the URL everywhere? Even all the instances of old URLs in the database?

Or is there something else I've to do?

 

[Mr Lucky]

It will change the default navigation, breadcrumbs, etc.

It won’t change internal links you or members have put into posts or pages if you put in the full link not just a relative path.

So you need to change those or have redirections in place

 

[ritesh]

That's what I wanted to know. Thanks

 

[Mr Lucky]

Redirections are obvioulsy needed for all inbound links form other sites. I would recommend (for SEO) changing the URL of internal links on posts etc (I did this via search/replace in the database.

 

[duderuud]

If you are not comfortable editing the db directly you can use this add-on: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/link-checker-for-xenforo-2-x-by-addonslab.6187/