Digital Doctor
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Help the newbies !
Could the mods/devs/everyone please use this thread to detail the implications of installing xenforo in subdirectory ? (as opposed to installing it in the root directory).
Information and Implications of installing Xenforo in a subdirectory
(1) Don't install to /forums subdirectory ?
If you do ... your site will have urls like www.mysite.com/fourms/forums - [source]
Note: It appears that xenforo.com itself installed xenforo in a subdirectory called /community
(2) URLs in Xenforo.
When your users are on a page or forum or thread, xenforo adds that to the URL.
/forum - when in a forum
/thread - when reading a thread
/pages - when on a page Q: What is a "Page" ?
/post - when posting
/members - member's Tab
/help - Help Tab
/account - Account Preferences - http://xenforo.com/community/account/preferences
/watched - watched threads - http://xenforo.com/community/watched/threads
/search - Search - http://xenforo.com/community/search/?type=post
Takehome message: Most people should install xenforo in a subdirectory called /community - just like xenforo.com did.
(3) If you want other software installed (Wordpress, a CMS, etc.) on your site, you should install xenforo to a subdirectory.
- this avoids clashes with other software's index.php [source]
(4) It might help with /mod rewrites ? (researching this).
How to move your xenforo install from the root directory to a subdirectory
Help the newbies !
Could the mods/devs/everyone please use this thread to detail the implications of installing xenforo in subdirectory ? (as opposed to installing it in the root directory).
Information and Implications of installing Xenforo in a subdirectory
(1) Don't install to /forums subdirectory ?
If you do ... your site will have urls like www.mysite.com/fourms/forums - [source]
Note: It appears that xenforo.com itself installed xenforo in a subdirectory called /community
(2) URLs in Xenforo.
When your users are on a page or forum or thread, xenforo adds that to the URL.
/forum - when in a forum
/thread - when reading a thread
/pages - when on a page Q: What is a "Page" ?
/post - when posting
/members - member's Tab
/help - Help Tab
/account - Account Preferences - http://xenforo.com/community/account/preferences
/watched - watched threads - http://xenforo.com/community/watched/threads
/search - Search - http://xenforo.com/community/search/?type=post
Takehome message: Most people should install xenforo in a subdirectory called /community - just like xenforo.com did.
(3) If you want other software installed (Wordpress, a CMS, etc.) on your site, you should install xenforo to a subdirectory.
- this avoids clashes with other software's index.php [source]
(4) It might help with /mod rewrites ? (researching this).
How to move your xenforo install from the root directory to a subdirectory
Pretty easy ! Also discussed here.There's very little work involved moving the forum to a sub-directory.
Just move the files and update the URL in the ACP and that's it.