XF 1.5 Installing Xenforo in "forums" or "community" directory

[LaxmiSathy]

Hello,

Run a vbulletin board v4.2.1 + vbseo and now am considering moving to Xenforo and reading through the migration experiences of the other forum owners here.

My existing forum structure is - www.mydomain.com/forums. If I choose to install Xenforo in "forums" directory under public_html in my server, I could see that the url structure will be like
www.mydomain.com/forums/forums/main-forum.2/

there are two "forums" in the url structure. Should I consider installing xenforo in the directory "community". What is the best practice from seo perspective and setting up redirects to the old vbseo'd urls.

 

[optrex]

install in the root its much easier.

 

[LaxmiSathy]

No that is not an option am considering because I have wordpress as home page in the root of my server.

 

[Paul B]

If you don't want to install in the root, it's personal preference as to whether you install in the /forum(s) or /community directory.

It has no impact or relation to SEO and redirects can be implemented for both in the same manner.

 

[LaxmiSathy]

Hey Brogan,
From SEO perspective and setting up redirects, is there any difference between installing XF in root vs XF in directory "community"

 

[AndyB]

If I choose to install Xenforo in "forums" directory under public_html in my server, I could see that the url structure will be like
www.mydomain.com/forums/forums/main-forum.2/

Not a big deal at all. Many forums have the XenForo software installed in the forums directory.