Switching Directories

[Savvy]

So I want to change the location of my forum from www.gamerbb.net/forum to www.gamerbb.net - I tried moving all of the files from /forum into the public_html but it gives me an error. Is there more to it than what I'm doing?

 

[Floris]

Before you move, go to options in admin.php and make sure the board information is up to date.

Also, moving doesn't include invisible files sometimes,
.htaccess == invisible

Make sure it's moved as well.

And finally, make certain the internal_data/ and data/ dirs are still chmodded 777

 

[Paul B]

How can I move my installation to a different directory?
Update the Board URL in the ACP -> Options -> Basic Board Information and move the files to the new directory. You may need to restart the server for the change to take effect.

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180455

Which error are you getting?

 

[Savvy]

Before you move, go to options in admin.php and make sure the board information is up to date.

Also, moving doesn't include invisible files sometimes,
.htaccess == invisible

Make sure it's moved as well.

And finally, make certain the internal_data/ and data/ dirs are still chmodded 777

do you mean change this "require($fileDir . '/library/XenForo/Autoloader.php');"

How can I move my installation to a different directory?
Update the Board URL in the ACP -> Options -> Basic Board Information and move the files to the new directory. You may need to restart the server for the change to take effect.

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180455

Which error are you getting?

I'm trying it again, not sure exactly what error it was. I'm sure I will mess up so I'll post it in just a moment.

404 Not Found

The resource requested could not be found on this server!

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[Paul B]

Do you have a portal mod installed?

Your domain root is automatically loading http://www.gamerbb.net/forum/portal/

You may need to update some other settings in the ACP, contact the mod author if necessary.

 

[Savvy]

It was a redirect, I think I may have figured it out.

for some reason I get this when I tried to log in: http://www.gamerbb.net/login/login

404 Not Found

The resource requested could not be found on this server!

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LiteSpeed Technologies is not responsible for administration and contents of this web site!

 

[Paul B]

Indeed, this works: http://www.gamerbb.net/index.php

 

[Savvy]

Indeed, this works: http://www.gamerbb.net/index.php

Yeah, but none of the links work. They all have 404 errors.

 

[Paul B]

This works: http://www.gamerbb.net/index.php?login/

Have you removed the .htaccess file?
Without that friendly URLs won't work.

 

[Savvy]

This works: http://www.gamerbb.net/index.php?login/

Have you removed the .htaccess file?
Without that friendly URLs won't work.

That's probably why. Floris mentioned it would be invisible. Is there a way to make it visible from the Cpanel?

 

[Paul B]

Probably.
I don't use cPanel though for browsing files and directories.

There is an htaccess.txt file in the directory.
Download it, rename it to .htaccess and ftp it back to your web root.

Assuming of course you don't already have an .htaccess file in the root.
In which case you will need to merge the contents.

 

[Savvy]

Crap, I'm at work and can't download a FTP client.

 

[Paul B]

So just disable friendly URLs for now then until you can replace the file.

This is what the base .htaccess file contains:

#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 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) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[Savvy]

I think I got it all worked out with the friendly URLs activated.
Thanks for all the help... again.

 

[Floris]

Glad to hear!