XF 1.2 Redirect issues

[WCFA]

Let me see if I can explain this. my XF is installed at www.anysite.com . So when you type in www.anysite.com
it goes there. At install it was not put in sub directory so moving it would really be a pain.

However not sure how to do the following. I would like to make www.anysite.com/mainpage
open when www.anysite.com was typed and then put a link to the forum.
I realize I messed that up in the beginning and should have installed it in a sub but I didn't so wanting to install a website in front of XP but link it there.

Idea is so the new website can link to the XF that is in the root? Not sure how a redirect can work that easily ??
Maybe I am over thinking what needs doing.

Thanks

 

[Paul B]

Why do you want a landing page to be at domain.com/url when your site is installed in domain.com (the root)?
Surely the landing page should be at domain.com and forums should be at domain.com/forums?

Like this for example (which is installed in the root):

http://cliptheapex.com/
http://cliptheapex.com/forums/

You could try changing the Index Page Route in Options -> Basic Board Information, which may achieve what you're after.

 

[WCFA]

Why do you want a landing page to be at domain.com/url when your site is installed in domain.com (the root)?
Surely the landing page should be at domain.com and forums should be at domain.com/forums?

Like this for example (which is installed in the root):

http://cliptheapex.com/
http://cliptheapex.com/forums/

You could try changing the Index Page Route in Options -> Basic Board Information, which may achieve what you're after.

Hi there, yes that is what I am trying to achieve, currently the XF site is at www.anysite.com and I if it was possible to move it to www.anysite.com/forum that would be great. I was not aware it was a simple move ?
So using that option would allow the root open at that point to use say index.html? I was thinking an htaccess edit was needed. but you are saying XF will allow that move ? Or did I misunderstand?

 

[Paul B]

What do you plan to place in the root?
A separate index/splash page?
Or is it a XenForo add-on which you intend to use for a home page?
Which is what is used on my site in the example above.

Moving an installation is fairly simple - it's just a matter of moving the files, updating the board URL and then implementing redirects.

But it's worth identifying what it is you're trying to do first, before doing that.

 

[WCFA]

I am looking at a pretty simple page setup with links one of which would go to the forum.
I was not aware of any add-on that could be used as a home page ? Just something other then the automatic forum
that I can add links to maybe some information but simple.

 

[Paul B]

There are several add-ons which provide portal/home page functionality.

However, if you just want something basic, why not just create a page node and set that as the index route?

 

[WCFA]

Awww, so in the Index Page Route in Options -> Basic Board Information, if I pointed that to the node then at www.anysite.com
would show that node and that would be that easy ?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, you would enter pages/page-name as the index route.

Bear in mind that the URL displayed in the address bar would be domain.com/pages/page-name.

 

[WCFA]

Ok, but for users it would just redirect there from www.anysite.com ?

 

[Paul B]

Yes.

 

[WCFA]

Brogan thank you, you saved me allot of unneeded work. I am sure the node-page will work out well.
Whew that took a load off trying to solve the moving everything