XF 2.0 .htaccess file edit

[Justwise]

I have my xenforo installed on www.example.com (my root folder) and I wanna move it to a new subdirectory so it will be www.example.com/community then install my Xenpress in my root folder. @Brogan My question is- from where will I edit the .htaccess file? Is it somewhere on my XF ACP?
and where in the .htaccess file will I paste the code on number 5 in the FAQ?
@SyTry

Pls someone help a brother

 

[Ozzy47]

The .htaccess is located in the same directory add your XF files. You would add it after the default XenForo rewrite rules that are present in the file.

 

[SyTry]

Hello,

As @ozzy47 said, the .htaccess file is at the root of your FTP.

Regards, SyTry

 

[Justwise]

thanks @ozzy47 but it still didn't work. I changed the Board URL in my XF ACP before moving the files to the community subdirectory, and then I pasted the rewrite rule in my .htaccess file. Take a look at my .htaccess file

ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

# If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
# line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
# of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
#RewriteBase /xenforo

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule (.*) /community/ [R=301]

But it still didn't work. Where do you think I,m getting it wrong??

@Brogan your help will be much appreciated.

 

[Ozzy47]

You moved from the root to /community, then you need this in your .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule (.*) /community/ [R=301]

not the one you used.

 

[Justwise]

You moved from the root to /community, then you need this in your .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule (.*) /community/ [R=301]

not the one you used.

It still the same on I used. Look at the bottom

 

[Justwise]

@ozzy47 I’ve been trying to spot the difference. Pls help me check it

 

[Ozzy47]

Hmm, as far as I can tell it should be working.

 

[Justwise]

Hmm, as far as I can tell it should be working.

What else can I do?

 

[Ozzy47]

Are you able to access you site by going to https://yoursite.com/community ?

 

[Justwise]

Are you able to access you site by going to https://yoursite.com/community ?

This is what I’m getting

 

[Justwise]

I left the html files and the css file that comes with root directories there though. With the cgi-bin folder

 

[Ozzy47]

Can you access https://yoursite.com/community/htacess.txt

 

[Justwise]

Can you access https://yoursite.com/community/htacess.txt

No still the same 404 error

 

[Ozzy47]

Then that suggests that your XF files are not in the /community location.

 

[Justwise]

Then that suggests that your XF files are not in the /community location.

Bro I do much appreciate your help. The thing is /community folder was outside public_html before so I moved it inside Public_html and then it worked. I think subdirectories should always be outside the root folder right? Or is this how it’s supposed to be?

 

[Ozzy47]

No, it should be inside the public_html, that is the root directory. Glad it is working now.

 

[Justwise]

No, it should be inside the public_html, that is the root directory. Glad it is working now.

Thank you so much. But lastly I tried removing the rewrite rule from the htaccess file just to see if I will get the 404 errors but I didn’t. it was still loading /community. Is this just gonna affect the indexed pages on search engines?

 

[Ozzy47]

Yes, the rewrite rule is for redirecting the old links to the new /community directory, it is best to leave that in place so search engines do not get any 404 errors.

 

[Justwise]

Yes, the rewrite rule is for redirecting the old links to the new /community directory, it is best to leave that in place so search engines do not get any 404 errors.

I’m so sorry if my questions are too much
I realized it www.example.com/community is only loading my forum board. But the navigation bar and forums in my node is bringing 404 errors. Guess this should be solved somewhere in the ACP right?