XF 2.2 Move forum to another web site

[Cashisking]

I have decided to move my forum to another web site I am starting up.
Any tips how one does this ?

 

[Brian Jones]

I have decided to move my forum to another web site I am starting up.
Any tips how one does this ?

Do you mean a new host? Or having more than one domain and just moving to a new URL that's on the same host?

 

[Cashisking]

Same host- just to a new domain

 

[Brian Jones]

Are you starting fresh, meaning a whole new forum, or just moving what you already have to the new URL?

If it is a new install. remove what you already have. I would remove any add-ons first that you have put in to get it back to base. Then remove the software.
Go to your customer area and set the new URL for the license.
Then install it on the new URL.
Setup

If you are moving an existing forum.
change the license
install on the new URL
install any addons
The system should see the database if on the same server. May have to set the config for database communication
May have to copy your old database and put it on the server
Once everything is working delete the XF files from the old URL

At least this is how I remember doing it. Sometimes you can have your host copy all the files over to the new URL. Remember it it always a good idea to back up everything before moving forward.

 

[Cashisking]

Thank you - I will ask my host and see if they can help me - I am moving the forum to a new domain.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Thank you - I will ask my host and see if they can help me - I am moving the forum to a new domain.

If in doubt that's a good idea - when you speak to your hosting support first question is do they know xenforo. If so they will tell you whether or not you need to change anything in the config.php file. Even if they don't know xenforo they should be able to advise on that anyway.

I would do this by closing the forum and doing it on a duplicate database. When working open the forum.

The totally utterly crucial thing is to get redirects in place both for SEO (inbound links from external sites and search engines) and your existing users. So redirect the old URL to the new via htaccess.

Google will help you find how to do this:

e.g.

Redirect Old Domain to New Domain via .htaccess

A short and straightforward tutorial on how to redirect an old domain to a new domain using the .htaccess file on your Apache web server.

wpscholar.com

 

[MySiteGuy]

Thank you - I will ask my host and see if they can help me - I am moving the forum to a new domain.

I recommend setting the new domain in the admin panel before you copy the Xenforo installation. You can do it after, but doing it before will help avoid initial unwanted redirects if you have canonical url enforcement turned on.

 

[Suzanne O]

From memory i did this a few years ago.

1. Take a back up copy of current forum you want moved.
   
   
2. Add back up copy of forum to new url in your cpanel copy of forum

If stuck always ask for support via a support ticket. The fellas here can help you

 

[TPerry]

Same host- just to a new domain

Depends on if you are using a panel or not.
If a panel, it's simply create your DB, create the new domain, copy your existing files over to it... import your DB into the one you created for your new domain, make sure your HTTP user has read/write access to all directories in your root, edit your config.php to make sure the credentials are the same.